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HistoryJan 29, 2007 - 12:00 a.m.

WordPress <= 2.0 - Denial of Service Attacks

2007-01-2900:00:00
Blake Matheny
patchstack.com
3

7.8 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The wp_remote_fopen function allows the attackers to cause a denial of service attacks via pingback service calls.

Solution

           Update the WordPress to the latest available version (at least 2.0.1).
CPENameOperatorVersion
wordpressle2.0

7.8 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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