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CVE-2007-6318

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6318 is a SQL injection vulnerability in WordPress versions 2.3.1 and earlier, specifically within the wp-includes/query.php file. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands through the 's' parameter, particularly when the DB_CHARSET is configured to Big5, GBK, or other multibyte character sets that interpret a backslash as part of a character. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity, and allows for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB (EDB-4721), though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-4721 · Dec 11, 2007
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0916 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-6318Moderate

wordpress: SQL injection when certain DB charsets are used

Dec 10, 2007

References

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-December/058999.html
secunia.com / advisories/28005
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28310
securityreason.com / securityalert/3433
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/38959
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.html
abelcheung.org / advisory/20071210-wordpress-charset.txt
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/484828/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/26795
Exploit
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4172