Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 29, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-0540
CVE-2007-0540
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.0
- (no CPE)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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