CVE-2007-1897
SQL injection vulnerability in xmlrpc (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress 2.1.2, and probably earlier, allows remote authenticated users to execute…
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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.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- WordPress Core 2.1.2 - 'xmlrpc' SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3656webapps, phppublished 3 Apr 2007Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 3656 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.4% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 3656 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1245 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25108 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4091 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.notsosecure.com/folder2/2007/04/03/wordpress-212-xmlrpc-security-issues/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 24751 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23294 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-1285 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-1891 (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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