CVE-2006-0985

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the "post comment" functionality of WordPress 2.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name, (2) website, and (3) comment parameters.

Affected products

WordPress: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.2, 1.5, 1.5.1 (+4)

References

http://NeoSecurityTeam.net/advisories/Advisory-17.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/19050
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426304/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426504/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426574/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0777
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24957
http://NeoSecurityTeam.net/advisories/Advisory-17.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/19050
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426304/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426504/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426574/100/0/threaded

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