CVE-2006-6808

WordPress Core <= 2.0.5 - Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

6.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/templates.php in WordPress 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the file parameter. NOTE: some sources have reported this as a vulnerability in the get_file_description function in wp-admin/admin-functions.php.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en wp-admin/templates.php en WordPress 2.0.5 permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios a través del parámetro de archivo. NOTA: algunas fuentes han informado que esta es una vulnerabilidad en la función get_file_description en wp-admin/admin-functions.php.

*Credits: Stefan Esser

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-12-27 First Exploit
2006-12-28 CVE Reserved
2006-12-28 CVE Published
2023-11-01 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116722128631087&w=2	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/23587	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23741	Third Party Advisory
http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4665	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5191	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31133	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29356	2006-12-27
http://michaeldaw.org	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21782	2017-07-29

URL	Date	SRC
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-10.xml	2017-07-29

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				<= 2.0.5 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " <= 2.0.5"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				0.6.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "0.6.2"		beta_2		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				0.6.2.1 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "0.6.2.1"		beta_2		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				0.7 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "0.7"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				0.71 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "0.71"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				1.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "1.2"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				1.2.1 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "1.2.1"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				1.2.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "1.2.2"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				1.5 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "1.5"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				1.5.1 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "1.5.1"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				1.5.1.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "1.5.1.2"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				1.5.1.3 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "1.5.1.3"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				1.5.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "1.5.2"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				2.0 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "2.0"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				2.0.1 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "2.0.1"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				2.0.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "2.0.2"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				2.0.3 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "2.0.3"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				2.0.4 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "2.0.4"		-		Affected