CVE-2007-1897 EXPLOIT
6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.2% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in xmlrpc (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress 2.1.2, and probably earlier, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a string parameter value in an XML RPC mt.setPostCategories method call, related to the post_id variable.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.5 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.17% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-89 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-04-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Core 2.1.2 - 'xmlrpc' SQL Injection | 2007-04-03 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24751
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25108
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4091
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285
- http://www.notsosecure.com/folder2/2007/04/03/wordpress-212-xmlrpc-security-issues/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23294
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1245
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3656
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24751
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25108
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4091
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285
- http://www.notsosecure.com/folder2/2007/04/03/wordpress-212-xmlrpc-security-issues/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23294
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1245
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3656
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