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CVE-2007-0107
WordPress before 2.0.6, when mbstring is enabled for PHP, decodes alternate character sets after escaping the SQL query, which allows…
Medium6.8EPSS 11.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
WordPress before 2.0.6, when mbstring is enabled for PHP, decodes alternate character sets after escaping the SQL query, which allows remote attackers to bypass SQL injection protection schemes and execute arbitrary SQL commands via multibyte charsets, as demonstrated using UTF-7.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.7% · top 3.9% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- wordpress-mbstring-security-bypass(31297) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 21907 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 23741 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2007.005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- GLSA-200701-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 31579 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-206/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 23595 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070105 Advisory 02/2007: WordPress Trackback Charset Decoding SQL Injection Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_022007.141.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 2112 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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