CVE-2008-6762 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2009-04-28

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1871-1	New wordpress packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA	DSA-1871-2	New wordpress packages fix regression
EUVD	EUVD-2008-6722	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00287.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-12/0226.html
http://osvdb.org/52213
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50382

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-04-28T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:42:00.206Z

Reserved: 2009-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6762

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-04-28T16:30:03.377

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-6762

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-59

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