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$ cve CVE-2006-4208 JSON

CVE-2006-4208 EXPLOIT

5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12.1% (pctl 96)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

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.

Scoring

CVSS5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS12.06% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2006-08-17
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
skippy.netwp-db backup plugin for wordpress

Public exploits

References

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