VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2007-0539
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability3.55%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-01-29
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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.