# CVE-2008-0191: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive path and database structure information via a malformed parameter in WordPress RSS feeds.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jan 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0191, GHSA-pq6q-6pp2-6x56

## What is CVE-2008-0191?

CVE-2008-0191 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 10 Jan 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

WordPress 2.2.x and 2.3.x allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid p parameter in an rss2 action to the default URI, which reveals the full path and the SQL database structure.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0191?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wordpress Wordpress.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-0191?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0191 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-0191 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0191 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Wordpress Wordpress

- [CVE-2026-63030](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-63030/): WordPress Core Interpretation Conflict (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-87902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87902/): WordPress Core Remote File Inclusion (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-60137](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60137/): WordPress Core SQL Injection (medium 5.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2012-2399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2399/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-2400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2400/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-0191 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-0191 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 10 Jan 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0191 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Wordpress Wordpress. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0191/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0191/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0191
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0191
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-0191

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0191/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.