CVE-2007-4154

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-08-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in options.php in WordPress 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the page_options parameter to (1) options-general.php, (2) options-writing.php, (3) options-reading.php, (4) options-discussion.php, (5) options-privacy.php, (6) options-permalink.php, (7) options-misc.php, and possibly other unspecified components.

Affected products

WordPress: 2.2.1

References

http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/
http://secunia.com/advisories/30013
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35719
http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/
http://secunia.com/advisories/30013
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35719

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