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CVE-2006-6808

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6808 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress versions 2.0.5 and earlier, specifically within the wp-admin/templates.php file, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML via the 'file' parameter. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity risk, as it can be exploited remotely with moderate complexity to impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit demonstrating HTML injection is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2.1:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.71CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-29356 · Dec 27, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0683 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
michaeldaw.org
ExploitPatch
secunia.com / advisories/23587
secunia.com / advisories/23741
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200701-10.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/31133
trac.wordpress.org / changeset/4665
securityfocus.com / bid/21782
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/5191