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CVE-2007-0540
WordPress allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth or thread consumption) via pingback service calls with a source…
Medium5.0EPSS 7.6%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.6% · top 5.4% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 30013 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070124 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities in Wordpress (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-1564 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20070124 Weaknesses in Pingback Design (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 2191 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
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