CVE-2007-0541: wordpress
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2007-0541 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 2.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.4% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 2.1.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 29-01-2007PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
WordPress allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files, and possibly read portions of certain files, via pingback service calls with a source URI that corresponds to a local pathname, which triggers different fault codes for existing and non-existing files, and in certain configurations causes a brief file excerpt to be published as a blog comment.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
2.65%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
85%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.65% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsWeaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
Affected systems
Wordpress2 products
- wordpress< 2.1
- wordpress≤ 2.0
Debian1 product
- wordpress< 2.1.0-1
2 vendors · 3 products
