CVE-2006-6017

Published: Nov 21, 2006Modified: Apr 23, 2026

6.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Wordpress: Wordpress

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Wordpress Wordpress	Up to 2.0.5

Related CWEs

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (6)

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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