7.5high

CVE-2007-1277in critical feed2 exploits

WordPress 2.1.1, as downloaded from some official distribution sites during February and March 2007, contains an externally introduced back…

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
27.8%
percentile 98%
Public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

WordPress 2.1.1, as downloaded from some official distribution sites during February and March 2007, contains an externally introduced backdoor that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) an eval injection vulnerability in the ix parameter to wp-includes/feed.php, and (2) an untrusted passthru call in the iz parameter to wp-includes/theme.php.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

27.77% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-29702 WordPress Core 2.1.1 - '/wp-includes/theme.php?iz' Arbitrary Command Execution · webapps · 2007-03-02
  • EDB-29701 WordPress Core 2.1.1 - Arbitrary Command Execution · webapps · 2007-03-02

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds
WordPress (RSS, critical only)

References

  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/461794/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • kb.cert.org /vuls/id/214480 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/32807 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/32804 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/22797 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2007/0812 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • wordpress.org /development/2007/03/upgrade-212/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • kb.cert.org /vuls/id/641456 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN, x_transferred
  • ifsec.blogspot.com /2007/03/wordpress-code-compromised-to-enable.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/24374 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred

Sources

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