Unscored severity · published Oct 23, 2009
CVE-2009-3622
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in wp-trackback.php in WordPress before 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and server hang) via a…
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CVSS
5.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in wp-trackback.php in WordPress before 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and server hang) via a long title parameter in conjunction with a charset parameter composed of many comma-separated "UTF-8" substrings, related to the mb_convert_encoding function in PHP.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.8% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 2.8.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3622
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3622
Broken Link
http://codes.zerial.org/php/wp-trackbacks_dos.phps
Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125612393329041&w=2
Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125614592004825&w=2
Exploit
http://rooibo.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/agujero-de-seguridad-en-wordpress/
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Oct/263
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37088
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