WordPress Core < 2.0.5 - User Metadata Information Disclosure

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2006-6016
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published September 18, 2006
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher adapter
Description

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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.4
Patched Version
  • 2.0.5
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