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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2008-0195

Medium
5/10

Summary

WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an empty value of the page parameter to certain PHP scripts under wp-admin/, which reveals the path in various error messages.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published