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CVE-2008-2146

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2146 describes a vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 2.2.3, where improper extraction of the current path from PATH_INFO in wp-includes/vars.php allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions for certain pages. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this high-severity flaw has a low attack complexity and could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.71CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0273 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 45188
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42379
trac.wordpress.org / changeset/6029
Exploit
trac.wordpress.org / changeset
Exploit
trac.wordpress.org / ticket/4748
Patch