CVE-2006-6808
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 6.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 6.9% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6791)
- Published
- December 28, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6791 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
References
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116722128631087&w=2
- http://michaeldaw.org/(Exploit, Patch)
- 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(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5191
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31133
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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