Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/templates.php in WordPress 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the file parameter. NOTE: some sources have reported this as a vulnerability in the get_file_description function in wp-admin/admin-functions.php.

Remediation

References

CVE-2006-6808

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2006-6808

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities