CVE-2007-0541
WordPress allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files, and possibly...
WordPress allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files, and possibly read portions of certain files, via pingback service calls with a source URI that corresponds to a local pathname, which triggers different fault codes for existing and non-existing files, and in certain configurations causes a brief file excerpt to be published as a blog comment.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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WordPress allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files, and possibly read portions of certain files, via pingback service calls with a source URI that corresponds to a local pathname, which triggers different fault codes for existing and non-existing files, and in certain configurations causes a brief file excerpt to be published as a blog comment.
- Record
CVE-2007-0541- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
WordPress allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files, and possibly read portions of certain files, via pingback service calls with a source URI that corresponds to a local pathname, which triggers different fault codes for existing and non-existing files, and in certain configurations causes a brief file excerpt to be published as a blog comment.
- Record
CVE-2007-0541- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-0539 No score
WordPress allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files, and possibly read portions of certain files, via pingback service calls with a source URI that corresponds to a local pathname, which triggers different fault codes for existing and non-existing files, and in certain configurations causes a brief file excerpt to be published as a blog comment.
- Record
EUVD-2007-0539- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mjfq-rq3x-9pm3 No score
WordPress allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files, and possibly...
WordPress allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files, and possibly read portions of certain files, via pingback service calls with a source URI that corresponds to a local pathname, which triggers different fault codes for existing and non-existing files, and in certain configurations causes a brief file excerpt to be published as a blog comment.
- Record
GHSA-mjfq-rq3x-9pm3- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
WordPress allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files, and possibly read portions of certain files, via pingback service calls with a source URI that corresponds to a local pathname, which triggers different fault codes for existing and non-existing files, and in certain configurations causes a brief file excerpt to be published as a blog comment.
- Record
CVE-2007-0541- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2007-0541 No score
WordPress allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files, and possibly read portions of certain files, via pingback service calls with a source URI that corresponds to a local pathname, which triggers different fault codes for existing and non-existing files, and in certain configurations causes a brief file excerpt to be published as a blog comment.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0541- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
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| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
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| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2007-0541 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Wordpress, published January 29, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.67%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in wordpress 2.1.0-1.