CVE-2006-6017

6.5 MEDIUM
Published: November 21, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

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.

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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:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
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/2591
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)

Affected Vendors

wordpress