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title: CVE-2008-0191
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0191
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# CVE-2008-0191

Publication date 10 January 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0191#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wordpress | 9.10 karmic | Ignored |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

full path already known on Ubuntu/Debian

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

not a security issue, ignored

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0191)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0191)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-0191)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0191)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0191>