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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-6808

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/templates.php in WordPress 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the file parameter.

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 6.83%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.83%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/templates.php in WordPress 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the file parameter. NOTE: some sources have reported this as a vulnerability in the get_file_description function in wp-admin/admin-functions.php.

CVSS 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
6.83% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
wordpress/wordpress
Source
cve@mitre.org

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