CVE-2006-2667 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Direct static code injection vulnerability in WordPress 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting a carriage return and PHP code when updating a profile, which is appended after a special comment sequence into files in (1) wp-content/cache/userlogins/ (2) wp-content/cache/users/ which are later included by cache.php, as demonstrated using the displayname argument.

Published: 2006-05-30

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 32.2% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.32191.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://retrogod.altervista.org/wordpress_202_xpl.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20271
http://secunia.com/advisories/20608
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-08.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/25777
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435039/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18372
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1992
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26687

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-30T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:58:51.443Z

Reserved: 2006-05-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2667

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-30T21:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2667

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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