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WordPress wp-trackback.php Denial of Service Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is running WordPress and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
An error occurs in wp-trackbacks.php due to improper validation of user supplied data passed into 'mb_convert_encoding()' function. This can be exploited by sending multiple-source character encodings into the function.
Affected Software
Affected Software
WordPress version prior to 2.8.5 on all platforms.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to WordPress version 2.8.5 or later.