CVE-2007-0539
EPSS 1.4%
Description
The wp_remote_fopen function in WordPress before 2.1 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 large file, which triggers a long download session without a timeout constraint.
How to fix CVE-2007-0539
To remediate CVE-2007-0539, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 2.1.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2007-0539 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.1.0-1