SQL Injection in WordPress
CVE-2007-1897
SQL injection vulnerability in xmlrpc (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress 2.1.2, and probably earlier, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a string parameter value in an XML RPC mt.setPostCategories method call, related to the post_id variable.
Vulnerability class: SQL Injection
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.072 (94.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.072 · newest: 0.072 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- WordPress — versions 2.1, 2.1.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3656 (exploit)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1245 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25108 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4091
- www.notsosecure.com/folder2/2007/04/03/wordpress-212-xmlrpc-security-issues/ (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/24751 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23294 (Exploit, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285 (vendor-advisory)