CVE-2007-1897

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    CVE-2007-1897

    Published: 9 Apr 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: SQL injection vulnerability in xmlrpc (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress 2.1.2, and probably earlier, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a string parameter value in an XML RPC mt.setPostCategories method call, related to the post_id variable.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/24751, http://secunia.com/advisories/25108, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285, http://www.notsosecure.com/folder2/2007/04/03/wordpress-212-xmlrpc-security-issues/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23294, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1245, http://www.notsosecure.com/folder2/2007/04/03/wordpress-212-xmlrpc-security-issues/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23294, http://secunia.com/advisories/24751, http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4091, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3656

    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