SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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…

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.28%

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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.