CVE-2008-6762

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

Open redirect vulnerability in wp-admin/upgrade.php in WordPress, probably 2.6.x, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the backto parameter.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-6762

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2009-04-28T16:30:03

Last Modified Date
2017-08-17T01:29:32

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-59	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-12/0226.html	Exploit
http://osvdb.org/52213
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50382

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6762
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6762

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:02:03				Added to TrackCVE