Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-0539 - Unspecified vulnerability in Wordpress
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
The wp_remote_fopen function in WordPress before 2.1 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 large file, which triggers a long download session without a timeout constraint.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded