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CVE-2007-0540

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.

  • Published: Jan 29, 2007
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2007-0540
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.