# CVE-2006-5705: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in plugins/wp-db-backup.php in WordPress before 2.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to read

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-11-04 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/changes-in-wordpress-205/
- http://wordpress.org/development/2006/10/205-ronan/
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.027-wordpress.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22942
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20869
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22683
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4226
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4307

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