CVE-2007-0107

Public Exploit

Description

WordPress before 2.0.6, when mbstring is enabled for PHP, decodes alternate character sets after escaping the SQL query, which allows remote attackers to bypass SQL injection protection schemes and execute arbitrary SQL commands via multibyte charsets, as demonstrated using UTF-7.

6.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 6.44% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory openpkg.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory hardened-php.net

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31297	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21907	exploit vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/23741	third party advisory
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.005.html	patch vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-10.xml	vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/31579	vdb entry
http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-206/	patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/23595	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456049/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0061	vdb entry
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_022007.141.html	patch vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2112	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0107?: CVE-2007-0107 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0107?: To fix CVE-2007-0107, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0107 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-0107 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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