The wp_remote_fopen function in WordPress before 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth or thread consumption) via pingback service calls with a source URI that corresponds to a large file, which triggers a long download session without a timeout constraint.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-01-29T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:19:30.487Z

Reserved: 2007-01-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-0539

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-01-29T17:28:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:26:07.953

Link: CVE-2007-0539

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