CVE-2008-2146: WordPress

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

wp-includes/vars.php in Wordpress before 2.2.3 does not properly extract the current path from the PATH_INFO ($PHP_SELF), which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions for certain pages.

Affected products

• WordPress WordPress: up to and including 2.2.2; version 0.6.2 only; version 0.6.2.1 only; version 0.7 only; version 0.71 only; version 0.711 only; …

Published 2008-05-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.