CVE-2006-6016

6.5 MEDIUM

Published: November 21, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3142

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3142

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch Vendor Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

6.5 / 10.0

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

Affected Vendors

wordpress

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