CVE-2007-0107

WordPress < 2.0.6 - SQL Injection via Multibyte Charset Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-0107. PoCs published by Stefan Esser.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a UTF-7 SQL injection vulnerability in WordPress 2.0.5 via the trackback feature. It retrieves the MySQL table prefix, locks trackbacks, and bruteforces the password hash of a specified user.

Description

WordPress before 2.0.6, when mbstring is enabled for PHP, decodes alternate character sets after escaping the SQL query, which allows remote attackers to bypass SQL injection protection schemes and execute arbitrary SQL commands via multibyte charsets, as demonstrated using UTF-7.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Stefan Esser · pythonwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3095

This exploit targets a UTF-7 SQL injection vulnerability in WordPress 2.0.5 via the trackback feature. It retrieves the MySQL table prefix, locks trackbacks, and bruteforces the password hash of a specified user.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: WordPress 2.0.5
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target must have WordPress 2.0.5 installed · Trackback feature must be enabled · ext/mbstring must be installed on the target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/31579
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31297
Exploit, Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21907
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23741
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_openpkg
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.005.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-10.xml
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23595
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456049/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0061
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_022007.141.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2112

Scores

EPSS 0.0736
EPSS Percentile 93.6%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
wordpress/wordpress < 2.0.5
Published Jan 09, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026