CVE-2006-6017
WordPress before 2.0.5 does not properly store a profile containing a string representation of a serialized object, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a string that represents a (1) malformed or…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
WordPress before 2.0.5 does not properly store a profile containing a string representation of a serialized object, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a string that represents a (1) malformed or (2) large serialized object, because the object triggers automatic unserialization for display.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.28% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.