Unscored severity · published Apr 17, 2006
CVE-2006-1796
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the paging links functionality in template-functions-links.php in Wordpress 1.5.2, and possibly other versions before 2.0.1, allows…
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CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the paging links functionality in template-functions-links.php in Wordpress 1.5.2, and possibly other versions before 2.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML to Internet Explorer users via the request URI ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']).
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 2.0; 0.6.2; 0.6.2.1; 0.7; 0.71; 1.0; +11 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1796
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1796
Patch
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328909
Patch
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1686
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