CVE-2007-0540

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    CVE-2007-0540

    Published: 29 Jan 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/30013, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High