CVE-2007-0233

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-01-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

wp-trackback.php in WordPress 2.0.6 and earlier does not properly unset variables when the input data includes a numeric parameter with a value matching an alphanumeric parameter's hash value, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the tb_id parameter. NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is due to a bug in the unset PHP command (CVE-2006-3017) and the proper fix should be in PHP; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in WordPress.

Affected products

WordPress: 0.6.2-beta_2, 0.6.2.1-beta_2, 0.7, 0.71, 1.2, 1.2.1 (+13)

References

http://osvdb.org/36860
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21983
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31385
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3109
http://osvdb.org/36860
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21983
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31385
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3109

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