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CVE-2007-2714: wordpress akismet Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-2714
Published 16-05-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-2714 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wordpress akismet. EPSS estimates a 11.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded. Fixed in 2.0.2.

Overall risk
90/100
0100
Critical · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
11.42%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 16-05-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in akismet.php in Matt Mullenweg Akismet before 2.0.2, a WordPress plugin, has unknown impact and attack vectors.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

11.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 11.42% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
11.42%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasephpVerified

    WordPress Plugin Akismet 2.1.3 - Cross-Site Scripting

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wordpress< 2.2-1
Wordpress1 product
  • akismet≤ 2.0.1 (fixed in 2.0.2)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

8 links