Vulnerability in WordPress
CVE-2006-2667
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.145 (96.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.145 · newest: 0.145 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/20271 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/25777 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1992 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/20608 (third-party-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-08.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18372 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26687 (vdb-entry)
- retrogod.altervista.org/wordpress_202_xpl.html (Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435039/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-2667?
- CVE-2006-2667 is a vulnerability in WordPress. Published 2006-05-30.
- Is CVE-2006-2667 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.