CVE-2006-6808

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-12-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/templates.php in WordPress 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the file parameter. NOTE: some sources have reported this as a vulnerability in the get_file_description function in wp-admin/admin-functions.php.

Affected products

WordPress: through 2.0.5; 0.6.2-beta_2, 0.6.2.1-beta_2, 0.7, 0.71, 1.2, 1.2.1 (+11)

References

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116722128631087&w=2
http://michaeldaw.org/
http://secunia.com/advisories/23587
http://secunia.com/advisories/23741
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-10.xml
http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4665
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21782
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5191
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31133
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116722128631087&w=2
http://michaeldaw.org/
http://secunia.com/advisories/23587

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