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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2006-6016 EUVD-2006-5999GHSA-p3fq-9wj3-h9c3

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…

Published Nov 21, 2006 · Updated Apr 3, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 wordpress 2.0.5-0.1 —
Debian 13 wordpress 2.0.5-0.1 —
Debian 12 wordpress 2.0.5-0.1 —

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