CVE-2006-6017
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.8%
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.
How to fix CVE-2006-6017
To remediate CVE-2006-6017, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.0.5-0.1 or later
Is CVE-2006-6017 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.0.5-0.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |