CVE-2006-4208
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CVE-2006-4208
Published: 17 Aug 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026
Summary:
Details: Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in Skippy WP-DB-Backup plugin for WordPress 1.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users with administrative privileges to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter to edit.php.
References: http://secunia.com/advisories/21486, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3280, http://www.skippy.net/blog/category/wordpress/plugins/wp-db-backup/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19504, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1401, http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4095, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443181/100/0/threaded, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28375
Affected packages
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
