CVE-2007-0539

The wp_remote_fopen function in WordPress before 2.1 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 large file, which triggers a long download session without a timeout constraint.

CVSS v2.0

7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS

3.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 88th percentile

Nuclei

medium

Published

2007-01-29

Updated

2024-08-07

Nuclei templates (1)

• topscoder/nuclei-wordfence-cve/blob/main/nuclei-templates/2007/CVE-2007-0539-wordpress-94…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2007-0535
• CVE-2007-0540
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• CVE-2007-0541
• CVE-2007-0526
• CVE-2007-0548