CVE-2007-0539

published 2007-01-29

CVE-2007-0539: 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…

Priority P4 26 high 7.8 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C N I N A C

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wordpress	< wordpress 2.1.0-1 (bookworm)	wordpress 2.1.0-1 (bookworm)
wordpress	wordpress	<= 2.0	—
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.1.0-1	2.1.0-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.1.0-1	2.1.0-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.1.0-1	2.1.0-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.1.0-1	2.1.0-1

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.8 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

osv 7.8 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.8 LOW

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