CVE-2007-1277 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

WordPress 2.1.1, as downloaded from some official distribution sites during February and March 2007, contains an externally introduced backdoor that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) an eval injection vulnerability in the ix parameter to wp-includes/feed.php, and (2) an untrusted passthru call in the iz parameter to wp-includes/theme.php.

Published: 2007-03-05

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 84.9% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.84865.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/03/wordpress-code-compromised-to-enable.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24374
http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/upgrade-212/
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/214480
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641456
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461794/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22797
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0812
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32804
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32807

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-03-05T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:50:34.951Z

Reserved: 2007-03-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-1277

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-03-05T20:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-1277

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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