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CVE-2008-6767: wordpress Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-6767
Published 28-04-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-6767 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 4.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 2.7.

Overall risk
90/100
0100
Critical · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.58%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1871-1DSA-1871-2

Timeline

  1. 28-04-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

wp-admin/upgrade.php in WordPress, probably 2.6.x, allows remote attackers to upgrade the application, and possibly cause a denial of service (application outage), via a direct request.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.58% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.58%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (archives.neohapsis.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress2 products
  • wordpress≤ 2.6.1 (fixed in 2.7)
  • wordpressEOL2.6
Debian1 product
  • wordpress< 2.8.3-1

2 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links