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CVE-2006-2702
vars.php in WordPress 2.0.2, possibly when running on Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to spoof their IP address via a PC_REMOTE_ADDR…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.9%
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- mitre
Description
vars.php in WordPress 2.0.2, possibly when running on Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to spoof their IP address via a PC_REMOTE_ADDR HTTP header, which vars.php uses to redefine $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 20271 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1992 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25935 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- wordpress-pcremoteaddr-ip-spoofing(26688) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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
- 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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