CVE-2007-0541

Published Jan 29, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.7% KEV · Not listed
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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-0539 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 12:19 PM
Reserved
Jan 29, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 29, 2007, 5:28 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:35 PM