WordPress 2.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in WordPress 2.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-0540. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in WordPress 2.0 (Content Management System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. 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 summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 01/24/2006. The weakness was shared 01/29/2007 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-0540 since 01/29/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 370 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32126 (Debian DSA-1564-1 : wordpress - multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31784), Tenable (32126), OSVDB (33006†), Secunia (SA30013†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-18469†). The entries VDB-34670, VDB-34668, VDB-38165 and VDB-38164 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 32126
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1564-1 : wordpress - multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 60930
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1564-1 (wordpress)
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01/24/2006 🔍
01/24/2007 +365 days 🔍
01/29/2007 +5 days 🔍
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05/01/2008 +458 days 🔍
05/02/2008 +1 days 🔍
05/26/2008 +24 days 🔍
03/13/2015 +2482 days 🔍
08/10/2019 +1611 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wordpress.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-0540 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0540
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34669

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X-Force: 31784
Secunia: 30013
OSVDB: 33006 - CVE-2007-0540 - WordPress - Denial-Of-Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 18469 - WordPress <2.1 Remote DoS via Crafted Pingback Service Calls, High

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Created: 03/13/2015 10:40
Updated: 08/10/2019 17:15
Changes: 03/13/2015 10:40 (69), 08/10/2019 17:15 (7)
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