CVE-2006-6017 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated users can crash the WordPress application by submitting malformed or large serialized objects in their profile.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-6017?
CVE-2006-6017 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 21 Nov 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6017?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wordpress Wordpress.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6017?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-6017 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6017 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wordpress Wordpress
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6017, GHSA-57qp-9wm8-fgr9.