Vulnerability Name:

CCN-33761

Published:2007-04-19
Updated:2007-04-19
Summary:WordPress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of pingback URLs. The maximum size of files to be downloaded during the pingback process is not specified, which could allow a remote attacker to send multiple pingbacks with URLs to a large file and consume available resources, resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
4.0 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: SA24951
WordPress Pingback Denial of Service Security Issue

Source: CCN
Type: WordPress trac Web site
Pingback DDOS possibility

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 34352
WordPress Pingback Large File Handling DoS

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wordpress-pingback-urls-dos(33761)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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    wordpress wordpress 2.1.3