CVE-2008-2146 (GCVE-0-2008-2146)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-12 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:49
VLAI
Summary
wp-includes/vars.php in Wordpress before 2.2.3 does not properly extract the current path from the PATH_INFO ($PHP_SELF), which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions for certain pages.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2008-04-29 00:00
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