WordPress Core < 2.0.3 - Remote Code Execution

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2006-2667
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published June 1, 2006
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.2
Patched Version
  • 2.0.3
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