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Vulnerability details: VCID-fc6e-njgb-pued
Vulnerability ID VCID-fc6e-njgb-pued
Aliases CVE-2007-0541
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.5
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
System Score Found at
epss 0.01301 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0541
epss 0.01301 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0541
epss 0.01301 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0541
epss 0.01301 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0541
epss 0.01301 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0541
epss 0.01301 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0541
epss 0.01301 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0541
epss 0.01301 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0541
epss 0.01301 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0541
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0541
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-0541
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0541
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2007-0541 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0541
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0541
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.79678
EPSS Score 0.01301
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T16:30:16.761222+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.0.0