CVE-2006-2667

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Published May 30, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 14.5% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

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

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Advisories

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Metrics

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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.

Exploit prediction score: 14.5% (14.530% probability within 30 days)

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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

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:58 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 30, 2006, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:58 PM
Reserved: May 30, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:25 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 30, 2006, 9:02 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:25 PM

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