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CVE-2006-2667
Direct static code injection vulnerability in WordPress 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by…
High7.5EPSS 14.5%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.5% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- 20271 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25777 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1992 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20608 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200606-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 18372 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- wordpress-user-profile-code-injection(26687) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/wordpress_202_xpl.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060525 Wordpress <=2.0.2 'cache' shell injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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