CVE-2006-0986 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can access sensitive source code files in WordPress directories without authentication, leading to information disclosure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-0986?
CVE-2006-0986 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 3 Mar 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0986?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wordpress Wordpress.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0986?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2006-0986 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0986 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wordpress Wordpress
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0986, GHSA-6vgm-3w54-5w82.