Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-6017
CVE-2006-6017
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.0.5
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591nvd
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