VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-6762
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.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 2.10%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.10%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.10% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-12/0226.htmlExploit
- http://osvdb.org/52213
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50382
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-12/0226.htmlExploit
- http://osvdb.org/52213
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50382
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.