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Vulnerability details: VCID-mshd-h3uz-37bm
Vulnerability ID VCID-mshd-h3uz-37bm
Aliases CVE-2008-4769
Summary Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress 2.3.3 and earlier, and 2.5, allows remote attackers to include and possibly execute arbitrary PHP files via the cat parameter in index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.1766 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4769
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-4769
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4769
CVE-2008-4769;OSVDB-44591 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/31670.txt
CVE-2008-4769;OSVDB-44591 Exploit https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28845/info
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added April 18, 2008
Description WordPress Core 2.3.3 - 'cat' Directory Traversal
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date April 18, 2008
Exploit type webapps
Platform php
Source update date May 4, 2017
Source URL https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28845/info
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.95214
EPSS Score 0.1766
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T13:40:59.364910+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0