Description
WordPress allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth or thread consumption) via pingback service calls with a source URI that corresponds to a file with a binary content type, which is downloaded even though it cannot contain usable pingback data.
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Related Vulnerabilities
Apache HTTP Server Other Vulnerability (CVE-2000-1206)
Apache HTTP Server Cryptographic Issues Vulnerability (CVE-2009-3555)
WordPress Plugin Wordpress Countdown Widget Cross-Site Scripting (3.1.9.2)
WordPress Plugin CM Download Manager Cross-Site Scripting (2.7.0)
WordPress Plugin WORDPRESS VIDEO GALLERY Multiple Vulnerabilities (2.3.1)