Vulnerability CVE-2008-0615
Published: 2008-02-06   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-admin/admin.php in the DMSGuestbook 1.8.0 and 1.7.0 plugin for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) folder and (2) file parameters.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Wordpress Plugin dmsguestbook 1.7.0 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
nbbn
06.02.2008

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
2.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Wordpress -> Wordpress 
Dmsguestbook -> Dmsguestbook 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3615
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487437/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27575
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5035
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