Medium severity · published Nov 21, 2006
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…
6.5
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 2.0.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6017
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6017
bugs.gentoo.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303
trac.wordpress.org
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591
Patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml
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