CVE-2008-6762 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

Open redirect vulnerability in wp-admin/upgrade.php in WordPress, probably 2.6.x, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the backto parameter.

Open redirect vulnerability in wp-admin/upgrade.php in WordPress, probably 2.6.x, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the backto parameter.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 15 years ago

2009-04-28 16:30:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-17 01:29:00

Affected Software

WordPress 2.6

2.6

References

20081222 [ISecAuditors Security Advisories] Wordpress is vulnerable to an unauthorized upgrade and XSS

Exploit

52213

DSA-1871

wordpress-upgrade-phishing(50382)

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