Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in Skippy WP-DB-Backup plugin for WordPress 1.7 and earlier allows remote…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

12.1% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 21486 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4095 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.skippy.net/blog/category/wordpress/plugins/wp-db-backup/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• wpdbbackup-edit-directory-traversal(28375) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 19504 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 1401 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 20060814 Wordpress WP-DB Backup Plugin Directory Traversal Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3280 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2006-4208](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2006-4208.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2006-4208)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 18:57 UTC.