CVE-2007-0540

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Published Jan 29, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 7.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

WordPress 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 file with a binary content type, which is downloaded even though it cannot contain usable pingback data.

Analysis

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Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1564-1	New wordpress packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD	EUVD-2007-0538	WordPress 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 file with a binary content type, which is downloaded even though it cannot contain usable pingback data.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 7.6% (7.648% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/30013
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:19 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 29, 2007, 5:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:19 PM
Reserved: Jan 29, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:35 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 29, 2007, 5:28 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:35 PM

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