CVE-2008-0196: WordPress

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the page parameter to certain PHP scripts under wp-admin/ or (2) the import parameter to wp-admin/admin.php, as demonstrated by discovering the full path via a request for the \..\..\wp-config pathname; and allow remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to wp-admin/templates.php.

Affected products

• WordPress WordPress: up to and including 2.0.11

Published 2008-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.