CVE-2007-0539
EPSS 1.4%Published: 1/29/2007Modified: 5/27/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0539
Description
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 2.1.0-1