CVE-2007-0540

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0540
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2007-0540.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2007-0540
Related
Published
2007-01-29T17:28:00Z
Modified
2025-02-21T05:00:05Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}