Resource exhaustion in WordPress
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 service (application crash) via a string that represents a (1) malformed or (2) large serialized object, because the object triggers automatic unserialization for display.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
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:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-6017?
- CVE-2006-6017 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2006-11-21.
- How severe is CVE-2006-6017?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.