CVE-2008-6767 WordPress Core < 2.7 - Denial of Service
HighCVSS 10.0
EPSS 4.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
wp-admin/upgrade.php in WordPress, probably 2.6.x, allows remote attackers to upgrade the application, and possibly cause a denial of service (application outage), via a direct request.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress | = 2.6 | No fix listed |
| debian/wordpress(Debian:12) | < 2.8.3-1 | 2.8.3-1 |
| debian/wordpress(Debian:13) | < 2.8.3-1 | 2.8.3-1 |
| debian/wordpress(Debian:14) | < 2.8.3-1 | 2.8.3-1 |
| WordPress(WordPress) | < 2.7 | 2.7 |
References
- 20081222 [ISecAuditors Security Advisories] Wordpress is vulnerable to an unauthorized upgrade and XSS exploit mailing-list
- DSA-1871 vendor-advisory
- wordpress-upgrade-sec-bypass(50384) vdb-entry
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2008-6767 vendor-advisory
- Wordfence Intelligence third-party-advisory
- www.cve.org
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking