SQL Injection in Wordpress

CVE-2007-4894

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Wordpress before 2.2.3 and Wordpress multi-user (MU) before 1.2.5a allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the post_type parameter to the pingback.extensions.getPingbacks method in the XMLRPC interface, and other unspecified parameters related to "early database escaping" and missing validation of "query string like parameters."

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.036 (88.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Wordpress — versions 0.6.2, 0.6.2.1, 0.7
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-4894?
CVE-2007-4894 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under SQL Injection. Published 2007-09-14.
Is CVE-2007-4894 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.