CVE-2007-0539

Published Jan 29, 2007

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.8
Impact score: 6.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "3A77B148-B3ED-4B75-9077-0F974365DA64",
            "versionEndIncluding": "2.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References