CVE-2006-6808 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.9% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/templates.php in WordPress 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the file parameter. NOTE: some sources have reported this as a vulnerability in the get_file_description function in wp-admin/admin-functions.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 6.88% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-12-28 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Core 1.x/2.0.x - 'template.php' HTML Injection | 2006-12-27 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116722128631087&w=2
- http://michaeldaw.org/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23587
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23741
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-10.xml
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4665
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21782
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5191
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31133
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116722128631087&w=2
- http://michaeldaw.org/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23587
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23741
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-10.xml
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4665
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21782
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5191
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31133
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