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CVE-2006-5705
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in plugins/wp-db-backup.php in WordPress before 2.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to…
- 6.0MediumCVSS base score
- 3.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in plugins/wp-db-backup.php in WordPress before 2.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to read or overwrite arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the (1) backup and (2) fragment parameters in a GET request.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/changes-in-wordpress-205/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://wordpress.org/development/2006/10/205-ronan/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200611-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2006.027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- 22942 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20869 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 22683 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4226 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4307 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-5690 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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