CVE-2011-3818: WordPress

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

WordPress 2.9.2 and 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by wp-admin/includes/user.php and certain other files.

Affected products

• WordPress WordPress: version 2.9.2 only; version 3.0.4 only

Published 2011-09-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.