CVE-2009-3622
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in wp-trackback.php in WordPress before 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and server hang) via a long title parameter in
02 Description
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in wp-trackback.php in WordPress before 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and server hang) via a long title parameter in
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-10-23 18:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-10-09
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ae50710adb37c0e377b2080a54d04ebcdbfeae9d5116183dcce4e81907be8150
05 Affected products
06 References
- seclists.org20091019 [Wordpress] Resource Exhaustion (Denial of Service)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Oct/263
- security-sh3ll.blogspot.comhttp://security-sh3ll.blogspot.com/2009/10/wordpress-resource-exhaustion-denial-of.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwordpress-wptrackback-dos(53884)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53884
- marc.info[oss-security] 20091021 Re: CVE request: Wordpress Trackback DoShttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125614592004825&w=2
- codes.zerial.orghttp://codes.zerial.org/php/wp-trackbacks_dos.phps
- secunia.com37088http://secunia.com/advisories/37088
- www.osvdb.org59077http://www.osvdb.org/59077
- rooibo.wordpress.comhttp://rooibo.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/agujero-de-seguridad-en-wordpress/
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-2986http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2986
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530056
- marc.info[oss-security] 20091021 CVE request: Wordpress Trackback DoShttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125612393329041&w=2
- securitytracker.com1023072http://securitytracker.com/id?1023072
- wordpress.orghttp://wordpress.org/development/2009/10/wordpress-2-8-5-hardening-release/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wordpress Fixed in 2.8.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wordpress Fixed in 2.8.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wordpress Fixed in 2.8.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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