CVE-2006-2702

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-05-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

vars.php in WordPress 2.0.2, possibly when running on Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to spoof their IP address via a PC_REMOTE_ADDR HTTP header, which vars.php uses to redefine $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].

Affected products

WordPress: 2.0.2

References

http://retrogod.altervista.org/wordpress_202_xpl.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20271
http://secunia.com/advisories/20608
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-08.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/25935
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435039/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1992
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26688
http://retrogod.altervista.org/wordpress_202_xpl.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20271
http://secunia.com/advisories/20608
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-08.xml

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