CVE-2005-2612

highpriority · attend · 54EPSS 0.388 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

38.8% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Direct code injection vulnerability in WordPress 1.5.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the cache_lastpostdate[server] cookie.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-94USLLM-inferredCWE-95USLLM-inferred

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/unix/webapp/wp_lastpost_execWordPress cache_lastpostdate Arbitrary Code Executionweaponized · metasploit
EDB-16895WordPress Core 1.5.1.3 - 'cache_lastpostdate' Arbitrary Code Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
wordpress wordpress= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress= 1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress= 1.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress= 1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress= 1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress= 1.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress= 1.5.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress= 1.5.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2005-08-17modified 2026-06-16

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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