CVE-2008-4769: WordPress

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress 2.3.3 and earlier, and 2.5, allows remote attackers to include and possibly execute arbitrary PHP files via the cat parameter in index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

• WordPress WordPress: up to and including 2.3.3; version 0.6.2 only; version 0.6.2.1 only; version 0.7 only; version 0.71 only; version 0.71-gold only; …

Published 2008-10-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.