Is CVE-2006-4208 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-4208 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-4208?

CVE-2006-4208 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-4208?

CVE-2006-4208 has an EPSS score of 11.81% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-4208

MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in Skippy WP-DB-Backup plugin for WordPress 1.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users with administrative privileges to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter to edit.php.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

11.81%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21486
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1401
http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4095
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443181/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19504
http://www.skippy.net/blog/category/wordpress/plugins/wp-db-backup/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3280
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28375

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.