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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-6318 · published 12 December 2007

CVE-2007-6318: Wordpress sql injection vulnerability

Wordpress · Wordpress

SQL injection vulnerability in wp-includes/query.php in WordPress 2.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the s parameter, when DB_CHARSET is set to (1) Big5, (2) GBK, or possibly other character set encodings that support a "\" in a multibyte character.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 9.2% · top 4.8% CWE-89 · SQL injection
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
9.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
24References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in wp-includes/query.php in WordPress 2.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the s parameter, when DB_CHARSET is set to (1) Big5, (2) GBK, or possibly other character set encodings that support a "\" in a multibyte character.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-December/058999.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28005 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28310
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3433
http://www.abelcheung.org/advisory/20071210-wordpress-charset.txt Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484828/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26795 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019071
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4172
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38959
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-December/058999.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28005 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28310
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3433
http://www.abelcheung.org/advisory/20071210-wordpress-charset.txt Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484828/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26795 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019071
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4172
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38959
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-6318), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.