WordPress Plugin WP-DB Backup 1.6/1.7 - 'edit.php' Directory Traversal



EKU-ID: 33617 CVE: CVE-2006-4208;OSVDB-27979 OSVDB-ID:
Author: marc & shb Published: 2006-08-14 Verified: Verified
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19504/info

WP-DB Backup For Wordpress is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve arbitrary files from the vulnerable system in the context of the affected application. Information obtained may aid in further attacks.

http://www.example.com/wp-admin/edit.php?page=wp-db-backup.php&backup=../../../../../etc/passwd