CVE-2007-0540 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in WordPress, affecting versions 1.x and 2.0.x. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending pingback service calls with a source URI pointing to a binary file, causing WordPress to download it unnecessarily and consume bandwidth or threads. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to potential availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the CISA KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists for a denial-of-service and information disclosure exploit, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.