CVE-2007-1277
highpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.278 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.5
weaknesses
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exploits (2)
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- EDB-29701WordPress Core 2.1.1 - Arbitrary Command Executionfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-29702WordPress Core 2.1.1 - '/wp-includes/theme.php?iz' Arbitrary Command Executionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (20)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/03/wordpress-code-compromised-to-enable.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24374enisa_euvd
- http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/upgrade-212/enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/214480enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641456enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461794/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22797enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0812enisa_euvd
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