CVE-2005-2612

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—💥 Exploit

Direct code injection vulnerability in WordPress 1.5.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the cache_lastpostdate[server] cookie.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 7.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 39%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 99
Score date: 10/8/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Metasploit module (reliable, widely available exploit) · WordPress cache_lastpostdate Arbitrary Code Execution
Published on Exploit-DB · WordPress Core 1.5.1.3 - 'cache_lastpostdate' Arbitrary Code Execution (Metasploit) (7/3/2010)

Affected technologies (1)

Wordpress — Wordpress

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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