CVE-2007-1897
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 7.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-89
- EPSS score
- 7.4% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1891)
- Published
- April 9, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1891 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24751(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25108(Vendor Advisory)
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4091
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1285
- http://www.notsosecure.com/folder2/2007/04/03/wordpress-212-xmlrpc-security-issues/(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23294(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1245(Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3656
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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