Out-of-bounds Read in WordPress
CVE-2006-6016
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (78.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3142
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-6016?
- CVE-2006-6016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2006-11-21.
- How severe is CVE-2006-6016?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.