MEDIUM
WordPress 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 file with a binary content type, which is downloaded even though it cannot contain usable pingback data
Published Jan 29, 2007
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.59%
Description
WordPress 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 file with a binary content type, which is downloaded even though it cannot contain usable pingback data.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
7.59% 0.07592
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.07592
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 7.59% (0.07592) | 94.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.23% (0.07232) | 93.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 7.76% (0.07760) | 91.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 6.01% (0.06008) | 90.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 7.76% (0.07760) | 91.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 6.01% (0.06008) | 90.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 25, 2025 | 7.76% (0.07760) | 91.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 6.01% (0.06008) | 90.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 7.76% (0.07760) | 91.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 17, 2025 | 6.01% (0.06008) | 90.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 5.00% (0.05000) | 89.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.56% (0.06558) | 90.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.28% (0.05277) | 93.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 3, 2023 | 5.28% (0.05277) | 92.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 26, 2023 | 5.46% (0.05458) | 92.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2023 | 4.01% (0.04006) | 90.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.89% (0.03892) | 90.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.48% (0.04482) | 88.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.48% (0.04482) | 87.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.48% (0.04482) | 71.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30013 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30013 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 29, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 29, 2007
Link CVE-2007-0540
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a