CVE-2007-0107
mediumpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.117 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-3095WordPress Core 2.0.5 - Trackback UTF-7 SQL Injectionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (24)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://osvdb.org/31579enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23595enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23741enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-10.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2112enisa_euvd
- http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-206/enisa_euvd
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_022007.141.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.005.htmlenisa_euvd
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