CVE-2007-4154 — SQL injection vulnerability in options.php in WordPress 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the page_options parameter to (1) options-general.php, (2) options-writing.php, (3) options-reading.php, (4) options-discussion.php, (5) options-privacy.php, (6) options-permalink.php, (7) options-misc.php, and possibly other unspecified components

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SQL injection vulnerability in options.php in WordPress 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the page_options parameter to (1) options-general.php, (2) options-writing.php, (3) options-reading.php, (4) options-discussion.php, (5) options-privacy.php, (6) options-permalink.php, (7) options-misc.php, and possibly other unspecified components

Published Aug 3, 2007

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.90%

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in options.php in WordPress 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the page_options parameter to (1) options-general.php, (2) options-writing.php, (3) options-reading.php, (4) options-discussion.php, (5) options-privacy.php, (6) options-permalink.php, (7) options-misc.php, and possibly other unspecified components.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.90% 0.01899

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01899

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 (16 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.90% (0.01899)	78.92th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.90% (0.01899)	76.90th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	0.73% (0.00730)	70.36th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	3.24% (0.03242)	78.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 24, 2025	0.73% (0.00730)	70.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 23, 2025	3.24% (0.03242)	84.70th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.73% (0.00730)	70.98th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.21% (0.00205)	59.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 6, 2024	0.21% (0.00205)	58.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 29, 2024	0.19% (0.00188)	55.62th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 19, 2023	0.18% (0.00175)	52.91th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.16% (0.00156)	50.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.13% (0.01132)	56.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 22, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	54.59th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	52.58th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	30.65th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/
x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/30013
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35719
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/		x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/30013		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35719		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 3, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 3, 2007

Link CVE-2007-4154

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-4154

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-4154