CVE-2006-2667
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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 14.53% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 25 May 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 14.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/wordpress_202_xpl.htmlExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20271Patch, Vendor Advisory
- 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
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/wordpress_202_xpl.htmlExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20271Patch, Vendor Advisory
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.