5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-0986
WordPress Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description

WordPress 2.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to (1) default-filters.php, (2) template-loader.php, (3) rss-functions.php, (4) locale.php, (5) wp-db.php, and (6) kses.php in the wp-includes/ directory; and (7) edit-form-advanced.php, (8) admin-functions.php, (9) edit-link-form.php, (10) edit-page-form.php, (11) admin-footer.php, and (12) menu.php in the wp-admin directory; and possibly (13) list directory contents of the wp-includes directory. NOTE: the vars.php, edit-form.php, wp-settings.php, and edit-form-comment.php vectors are already covered by CVE-2005-4463. The menu-header.php vector is already covered by CVE-2005-2110. Other vectors might be covered by CVE-2005-1688. NOTE: if the typical installation of WordPress does not list any site-specific files to wp-includes, then vector [13] is not an exposure.

INFO

Published Date :

March 3, 2006, 11:02 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:07 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-0986 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Wordpress wordpress

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-0986 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-0986 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://NeoSecurityTeam.net/advisories/Advisory-17.txt
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19050
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426304/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426504/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426574/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0777
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/426504/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/426304/100/0/threaded [Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/426574/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426574/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426504/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426304/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 03, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-0986 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-0986 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.87 }} -0.40%

score

0.82136

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability