Vulnerability Details : 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.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2006-6017
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Threat overview for CVE-2006-6017
Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2006-6017
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue
80
IPs affected by CVE-2006-6017 2
Threat actors abusing to this issue?
Yes
Find out if you* are
affected by CVE-2006-6017!
*Directly or indirectly through your vendors, service providers and 3rd parties.
Powered by
attack surface intelligence
from SecurityScorecard.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6017
0.28%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 69 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2006-6017
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.0
|
MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
8.0
|
2.9
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2006-6017
-
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303
153303 – www-apps/wordpress-2.0.5 version bump
-
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml
WordPress: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 200611-10) — Gentoo securityPatch;Vendor Advisory
-
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591
429 Too Many Requests
Jump to