SQL Injection in WordPress
CVE-2007-6318
SQL injection vulnerability in wp-includes/query.php in WordPress 2.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the s parameter, when DB_CHARSET is set to (1) Big5, (2) GBK, or possibly other character set encodings that support a "\" in a multibyte character.
Vulnerability class: SQL Injection
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.092 (95.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.092 · newest: 0.092 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- WordPress — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.abelcheung.org/advisory/20071210-wordpress-charset.txt (Exploit)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-December/058999.html (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/28005 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26795 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484828/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4172 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/28310 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-6318?
- CVE-2007-6318 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under SQL Injection. Published 2007-12-12.
- Is CVE-2007-6318 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.