CVE-2006-6016

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Published Nov 21, 2006 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

wp-admin/user-edit.php in WordPress before 2.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to read the metadata of an arbitrary user via a modified user_id parameter.

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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-5999	wp-admin/user-edit.php in WordPress before 2.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to read the metadata of an arbitrary user via a modified user_id parameter.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.9% (1.908% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3142
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml

History

Apr 3, 2025 4:15 PM Weaknesses updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-125
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 3, 2025, 4:02 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 21, 2006, 11:00 PM
Updated: Apr 3, 2025, 4:02 PM
Reserved: Nov 21, 2006, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:12 PM

Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:12 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 21, 2006, 11:07 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM

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