CVE-2006-2667: WordPress

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 14.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Direct static code injection vulnerability in WordPress 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting a carriage return and PHP code when updating a profile, which is appended after a special comment sequence into files in (1) wp-content/cache/userlogins/ (2) wp-content/cache/users/ which are later included by cache.php, as demonstrated using the displayname argument.

Affected products

• WordPress WordPress: up to and including 2.0.2

Published 2006-05-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.