CVE-2006-6016

wp-admin/user-edit.php in WordPress before 2.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to read the metadata of an arbitrary user via a modified user_id parameter.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3142
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3142
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 : 2025-04-09 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2006-6016

Mitre link : CVE-2006-6016

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-6016

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wordpress

wordpress

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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