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WordPress Pingback Denial of Service Security Issue
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA24951
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Release Date:
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2007-04-19
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Last Update:
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2007-04-20
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Popularity:
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11,247 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | WordPress 2.x
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Secunia CVSS-2 Score:
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| Advisory Content (Page 2 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that pingback URLs are properly verified and no large files can be downloaded.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported in a WordPress bug by foobarwp12. Also reported by Blake Matheny.
Changelog:
2007-04-20: Updated "Provided and/or discovered by" section.
Original Advisory:
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4137
Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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