WordPress Core 2.2.1 - Backdoor

9.8
Embedded Malicious Code
CVE CVE-2007-1277
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published March 3, 2007
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Ivan Fratric

Description

WordPress 2.1.1, as downloaded from some official distribution sites during February and March 2007, contains an externally introduced backdoor that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) an eval injection vulnerability in the ix parameter to wp-includes/feed.php, and (2) an untrusted passthru call in the iz parameter to wp-includes/theme.php.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.2.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • 2.2.1 - 2.2.1
Patched Version
  • 2.2.2

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