WordPress 2.0.5 Serialization denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in WordPress 2.0.5. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Serialization. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-6017. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WordPress 2.0.5 (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Serialization. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 11/21/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at gentoo.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-6017 since 11/21/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.0.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-33355 and VDB-33101. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WordPress 2.0.5

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11/21/2006 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3033 days 🔍
04/28/2026 +4064 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wordpress.com

Advisory: gentoo.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-6017 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6017
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33356
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/28/2026 00:41
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (44), 08/08/2018 07:14 (6), 04/03/2025 21:25 (19), 04/28/2026 00:41 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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