wp-trackback.php in WordPress 2.0.6 and earlier does not properly unset variables when the input data includes a numeric parameter with a value matching an alphanumeric parameter's hash value, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the tb_id parameter. NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is due to a bug in the unset PHP command (CVE-2006-3017) and the proper fix should be in PHP; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in WordPress.
Change Log
| Date | Source | Changes | Score |
|---|
| 2026-07-21 | exploitdb | E: U→P | 0.0 → 0.0 |
| 2026-07-21 | cve.org | initial, patch: Unavailable | 0.0 |
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | 0.6.2 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 0.6.2.1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 0.7 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 0.71 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 1.2 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 1.2.1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 1.2.2 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 1.5 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 1.5.1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 1.5.1.2 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 1.5.1.3 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 1.5.2 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.2 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.3 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.4 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.5 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 2.0.6 |
Published: 2007-01-13