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CVE-2007-0540

MEDIUM 5.0 CVSS 2.0
Published
January 29, 2007
Last modified
June 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
cve@mitre.org
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

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.

Affected WordPress components

  • WordPress core
    Confirmed match
    Up to and including 2.0

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • n/a n/a — Versions not specified
  • wordpress wordpress — Up to and including 2.0

References