CVE-2007-0539

WordPress < 2.0 - Denial of Service via Pingback Service Calls

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191

Scores

EPSS 0.0138
EPSS Percentile 80.5%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
wordpress/wordpress < 2.0
Published Jan 29, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026