CVE-2008-2146

N/A Unknown

Published: May 12, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

wp-includes/vars.php in Wordpress before 2.2.3 does not properly extract the current path from the PATH_INFO ($PHP_SELF), which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions for certain pages.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://osvdb.org/45188

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6029

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=tags%2F2.2.2&old=6063&new_path=tags%2F2.2.3&new=6063#file10

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4748

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42379

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/45188