CVE-2007-1277

Public Exploit

Description

WordPress 2.1.1, as downloaded from some official distribution sites during February and March 2007, contains an externally introduced backdoor that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) an eval injection vulnerability in the ix parameter to wp-includes/feed.php, and (2) an untrusted passthru call in the iz parameter to wp-includes/theme.php.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 85.59% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory wordpress.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461794/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/214480 third party advisory us government resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32807 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32804 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22797 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0812 vdb entry
http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/upgrade-212/ vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641456 third party advisory us government resource
http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/03/wordpress-code-compromised-to-enable.html exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/24374 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-1277?
CVE-2007-1277 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-1277?
To fix CVE-2007-1277, 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-2007-1277 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-1277 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~86% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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