Is CVE-2006-6017 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-6017 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-6017?

CVE-2006-6017 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2006-6017

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD

WordPress before 2.0.5 does not properly store a profile containing a string representation of a serialized object, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a string that represents a (1) malformed or (2) large serialized object, because the object triggers automatic unserialization for display.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.5 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-400
EPSS score: 2.3% (84th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-6000)
Published: November 21, 2006
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6000 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on April 3, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

wordpress / wordpress

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml(Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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