CVE-2005-4463 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2005-4463?

CVE-2005-4463 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 21 Dec 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

WordPress before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to (1) wp-includes/vars.php, (2) wp-content/plugins/hello.php, (3) wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php, (4) wp-admin/edit-form.php, (5) wp-settings.php, and (6) wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php, which leaks the path in an error message related to undefined functions or failed includes. NOTE: the wp-admin/menu-header.php vector is already covered by CVE-2005-2110. NOTE: the vars.php, edit-form.php, wp-settings.php, and edit-form-comment.php vectors were also reported to affect WordPress 2.0.1.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4463?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wordpress Wordpress.

How do I fix CVE-2005-4463?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2005-4463 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4463 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2026-60137 WordPress Core SQL Injection Exploited Medium 5.9
• CVE-2012-2399 Cross-site scripting in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2012-2400 Other in n/a Critical 10.0

All Wordpress Wordpress vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4463, GHSA-9mm4-3grj-7cx7.