CVE-2007-2821 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in wp-admin/admin-ajax.php in WordPress before 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cookie parameter.

Published: 2007-05-22

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 5.7% Low

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1502-1	New wordpress packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
EUVD	EUVD-2007-2813	SQL injection vulnerability in wp-admin/admin-ajax.php in WordPress before 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cookie parameter.

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 0.05685.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/36311
http://secunia.com/advisories/25345
http://secunia.com/advisories/29014
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3960
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469258/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24076
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1889
http://www.waraxe.us/advisory-50.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34399

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-05-22T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:49:57.531Z

Reserved: 2007-05-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-2821

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-05-22T21:30:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2007-2821

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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