CVE-2006-2667
highpriority · attend · 45EPSS 0.145 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
Direct static code injection vulnerability in WordPress 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting a carriage return and PHP code when updating a profile, which is appended after a special comment sequence into files in (1) wp-content/cache/userlogins/ (2) wp-content/cache/users/ which are later included by cache.php, as demonstrated using the displayname argument.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.5
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-6WordPress Core 2.0.2 - 'cache' Remote Shell Injectionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (18)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/wordpress_202_xpl.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20271enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20608enisa_euvd
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-08.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/25777enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435039/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18372enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1992enisa_euvd
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