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CVE-2006-0986

MEDIUM
5.0NVD

Summary

generated automatically from NVD data

WordPress 2.0.1 and earlier exposes sensitive information to remote attackers who directly request certain PHP files in the wp-includes and wp-admin directories, such as wp-db.php, kses.php, admin-functions.php and menu.php. Listing the contents of the wp-includes directory may also leak data, though the description notes this is not an exposure if a typical install has no site-specific files there. The flaw carries a CVSS v2.0 score of 5.0 (MEDIUM), and some related vectors are tracked under other CVEs.

NVD description

WordPress 2.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to (1) default-filters.php, (2) template-loader.php, (3) rss-functions.php, (4) locale.php, (5) wp-db.php, and (6) kses.php in the wp-includes/ directory; and (7) edit-form-advanced.php, (8) admin-functions.php, (9) edit-link-form.php, (10) edit-page-form.php, (11) admin-footer.php, and (12) menu.php in the wp-admin directory; and possibly (13) list directory contents of the wp-includes directory. NOTE: the vars.php, edit-form.php, wp-settings.php, and edit-form-comment.php vectors are already covered by CVE-2005-4463. The menu-header.php vector is already covered by CVE-2005-2110. Other vectors might be covered by CVE-2005-1688. NOTE: if the typical installation of WordPress does not list any site-specific files to wp-includes, then vector [13] is not an exposure.

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3.3%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

Higher than 88% of scored CVEs

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates, from observed exploitation activity, how likely a CVE is to be exploited in the next 30 days. It complements CVSS, which measures severity, not likelihood. Score of 2026-10-19, recomputed daily by FIRST.org.

CVSS v2.0 Score

5.0
/ 10.0
MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Information

Published
3 mars 2006
Updated
16 juin 2026
Status
Modified
Source
cve@mitre.org

Affected products

wordpress wordpressAll WordPress CVEs →
Versions : 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.2, 1.5

Weaknesses (CWE)

NVD-CWE-Other

References (12)

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