Unscored severity · published Jan 29, 2007
CVE-2007-0540
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…
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CVSS
7.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.6% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0540
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0540
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30013
securityreason.com
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded
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