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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-0540 · published 29 January 2007

CVE-2007-0540: Wordpress vulnerability

Wordpress · Wordpress

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 7.6% · top 5.7%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
7.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/30013
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded
http://secunia.com/advisories/30013
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-0540), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.