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low 2.6

CVE-2006-0733 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via scriptable a…

published 2006-02-16 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0740

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.8%
EPSS 4.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via scriptable attributes such as (1) onfocus and (2) onblur in the "author's website" field. NOTE: followup comments to the researcher's web log suggest that this issue is only exploitable by the same user who injects the XSS, so this might not be a vulnerability

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-27227)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27227 WordPress Core 2.0 - Comment Post HTML Injection webapps, 2006-02-15
  • myimei.com http://myimei.com/security/2006-02-15/wordpress200autors-websitexss-attack.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16656 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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