Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2007-0540 (CCN-31784)

Assigned:2006-01-24
Published:2006-01-24
Updated:2018-10-16
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
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): High
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.5 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
5.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/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): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Jan 24 2007 - 13:08:51 CST
Weaknesses in Pingback Design

Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Jan 24 2007 - 13:10:43 CST
Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities in Wordpress

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2007-0539

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2007-0540

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
30013

Source: SREASON
Type: UNKNOWN
2191

Source: CCN
Type: WordPress Web site
WordPress > Download

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-1564

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-1564
wordpress -- multiple vulnerabilities

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 33005
WordPress Pingback Crafted URI Large File Request DoS

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 33006
WordPress Pingback Crafted URI Binary Content DoS

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20070124 Weaknesses in Pingback Design

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20070124 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities in Wordpress

Source: CCN
Type: BID-22220
WordPress Pingback SourceURI Denial Of Service and Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wordpress-pingback-dos(31784)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 2.0)

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7845
    P
    		DSA-1564 wordpress -- multiple vulnerabilities
    2014-06-23
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18483
    P
    		DSA-1564-1 wordpress - several vulnerabilities
    2014-06-23
    oval:org.debian:def:1564
    V
    		multiple vulnerabilities
    2008-05-01
    BACK
    wordpress wordpress *