CVE-2006-0733

N/A Unknown
Published: February 16, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via scriptable attributes such as (1) onfocus and (2) onblur in the "author's website" field. NOTE: followup comments to the researcher's web log suggest that this issue is only exploitable by the same user who injects the XSS, so this might not be a vulnerability

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://myimei.com/security/2006-02-15/wordpress200autors-websitexss-attack.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425043/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16656
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24736
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://myimei.com/security/2006-02-15/wordpress200autors-websitexss-attack.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425043/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16656
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24736
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.8%
75th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

wordpress