CVE-2006-5705 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2006-5705?

CVE-2006-5705 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 4 Nov 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5705?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wordpress Wordpress.

How do I fix CVE-2006-5705?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2006-5705 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5705 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

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Sources

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

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5705, GHSA-fhp2-f8wf-wpqm.