wordpress — security advisory
Direct static code injection vulnerability in WordPress 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting a carriage return and PHP code when updating a profile, which is appended after a special comment sequence into files in (1) wp-content/cache/userlogins/ (2) wp-content/cache/users/ which are later included by cache.php, as demonstrated using the displayname argument.
- Products
- wordpress
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.0.3-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2006-2667
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:14 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Direct static code injection vulnerability in WordPress 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting a carriage return and PHP code when updating a profile, which is appended after a special comment sequence into files in (1) wp-content/cache/userlogins/ (2) wp-content/cache/users/ which are later included by cache.php, as demonstrated using the displayname argument.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2667
wordpress
Fixed versions: 2.0.3-1
wordpress
Fixed versions: 2.0.3-1
wordpress
Fixed versions: 2.0.3-1
Complete source record
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