CVE-2007-6318 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.2% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in wp-includes/query.php in WordPress 2.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the s parameter, when DB_CHARSET is set to (1) Big5, (2) GBK, or possibly other character set encodings that support a "\" in a multibyte character.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 9.16% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-89 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-12-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Core 2.3.1 - Charset SQL Injection | 2007-12-11 |
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-December/058999.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28005
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28310
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3433
- http://www.abelcheung.org/advisory/20071210-wordpress-charset.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484828/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26795
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019071
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4172
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38959
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-December/058999.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28005
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28310
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3433
- http://www.abelcheung.org/advisory/20071210-wordpress-charset.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484828/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26795
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019071
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