CVE-2007-0539

The wpremotefopen 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...

CVE-2007-0539

The CVE-2007-0539 entry concerns WordPress prior to 2.1, where the wp_remote_fopen function can be abused by remote pingback calls that reference a very large file. This triggers a long download session without a timeout, enabling a denial of service (bandwidth or thread consumption). Connected s...