CVE-2007-1277
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 27.8% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1274)
- Published
- March 5, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1274 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wordpress / wordpress
References
- http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/03/wordpress-code-compromised-to-enable.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24374(Vendor Advisory)
- http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/upgrade-212/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/214480(US Government Resource)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641456(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461794/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22797
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0812
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32804
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32807
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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