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CVE-2007-0539

Published

17 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: High
Base Score: 7.8/10
Exploit Score: 10/10
Access Vector: Network
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication Required: None
Impact Score: 6.9/10
Confidentiality Impact: None
Availability Impact: Complete
Integrity Impact: None

Products Affected

CPE	Affected	Vulnerable	Excluding	Edit
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress::::::::	Yes	-	-

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded