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://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591
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

No history.

Information

Published : 2006-11-21 23:07

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:40

NVD link : CVE-2006-6017

Mitre link : CVE-2006-6017

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-6017

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wordpress

wordpress

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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