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CVE-2006-4208 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21486	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1401	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28375	CVE
http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4095	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443181/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19504	CVE	Exploit
http://www.skippy.net/blog/category/wordpress/plugins/wp-db-backup/	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3280	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21486	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1401	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28375	[email protected]
http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4095	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443181/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19504	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.skippy.net/blog/category/wordpress/plugins/wp-db-backup/	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3280	[email protected]

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
skippy.net wp-db backup plugin for wordpress	1.6 1.7
CPE cpe:2.3:a:skippy.net:wp-db_backup_plugin_for_wordpress:1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:skippy.net:wp-db_backup_plugin_for_wordpress:1.7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 18, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]