VDB-3037 · SA24951 · OSVDB 34352

WordPress up to 2.1.4 Pingback denial of service

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6.2$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in WordPress up to 2.1.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Pingback Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be disabled.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in WordPress up to 2.1.4 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Pingback Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was disclosed 04/19/2007 by foobarwp12 (Website). The advisory is shared at trac.wordpress.org. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

The best possible mitigation is suggested to be disabling the affected component.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (34352†) and Secunia (SA24951†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Disable
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Timelineinfo

04/11/2007 🔍
04/19/2007 +8 days 🔍
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05/02/2007 +12 days 🔍
04/17/2019 +4368 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wordpress.com

Advisory: trac.wordpress.org
Researcher: foobarwp12
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3037
Secunia: 24951 - WordPress Pingback Denial of Service Security Issue, Less Critical
OSVDB: 34352 - WordPress Pingback Large File Handling DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 05/02/2007 11:53
Updated: 04/17/2019 14:00
Changes: 05/02/2007 11:53 (55), 04/17/2019 14:00 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:65A:103

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