CVE-2007-0541 describes a vulnerability in WordPress where remote attackers can determine the existence of arbitrary files, and potentially read portions of them, through crafted pingback service calls. This is achieved by observing different fault codes for existing versus non-existing files, and in some configurations, the vulnerability could lead to file excerpts being published as blog comments. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received 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:P/I:N/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.