CVE - CVE-2007-0540

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-0540	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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BUGTRAQ:20070124 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities in Wordpress URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded BUGTRAQ:20070124 Weaknesses in Pingback Design URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded DEBIAN:DSA-1564 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564 SECUNIA:30013 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30013 SREASON:2191 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070129	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070129)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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