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CVE-2006-6016 (GCVE-0-2006-6016)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-11-21 23:00 – Updated: 2025-04-03 16:02
VLAI
Summary
wp-admin/user-edit.php in WordPress before 2.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to read the metadata of an arbitrary user via a modified user_id parameter.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-03 16:01 UTC
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