CVE-2006-6017

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.

CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

03 Apr 2025, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(CONFIRM) http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303 -~~	() http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303 -
References	~~(CONFIRM) http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591 -~~	() http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591 -
References	~~(GENTOO) http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml - Patch, Vendor Advisory~~	() http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml - Patch, Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2006-11-21 23:07

Updated : 2025-04-03 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2006-6017

Mitre link : CVE-2006-6017

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wordpress

wordpress

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

{"cve": {"data_type": "CVE", "references": {"reference_data": [{"url": "http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303", "name": "http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303", "tags": [], "refsource": ""}, {"url": "http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303", "name": "http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303", "tags": [], "refsource": ""}, {"url": "http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591", "name": "http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591", "tags": [], "refsource": ""}, {"url": "http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591", "name": "http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591", "tags": [], "refsource": ""}, {"url": "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml", "name": "GLSA-200611-10", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "refsource": ""}, {"url": "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml", "name": "GLSA-200611-10", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "refsource": ""}]}, "data_format": "MITRE", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}]}]}, "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": {"ID": "CVE-2006-6017", "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org"}}, "impact": {"baseMetricV2": {"cvssV2": {"version": "2.0", "baseScore": 4.0, "accessVector": "NETWORK", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P", "authentication": "SINGLE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "accessComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"}, "severity": "MEDIUM", "impactScore": 2.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "exploitabilityScore": 8.0, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "userInteractionRequired": false}}, "publishedDate": "2006-11-21T23:07Z", "configurations": {"nodes": [{"children": [], "operator": "OR", "cpe_match": [{"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true, "versionEndIncluding": "2.0.5"}]}], "CVE_data_version": "4.0"}, "lastModifiedDate": "2025-04-03T16:15Z"}