VulnerabilityModified
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 binary content type, which is downloaded even though it cannot contain usable…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 7.59%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.59%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.59% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- 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
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.