CVE-2006-6808

Description

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.

How to fix CVE-2006-6808

To remediate CVE-2006-6808, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 2.0.6-1 or later

Is CVE-2006-6808 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 3.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 2.0.6-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-6808