Vulnerability in WordPress
CVE-2009-3622
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in wp-trackback.php in WordPress before 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and server hang) via a long title parameter in conjunction with a charset parameter composed of many comma-separated "UTF-8" substrings, related to the mb_convert_encoding function in PHP.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.058 (92.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.058 · newest: 0.058 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Oct/263 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security-sh3ll.blogspot.com/2009/10/wordpress-resource-exhaustion-denial-of.html (Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53884 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- codes.zerial.org/php/wp-trackbacks_dos.phps (Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/37088 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/59077 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- rooibo.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/agujero-de-seguridad-en-wordpress/ (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2986 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-3622?
- CVE-2009-3622 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cryptographic Issues. Published 2009-10-23.
- Is CVE-2009-3622 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.