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.

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

EPSS: 0.018 (76.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Wordpress
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_GENTOO, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

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.