SQL injection vulnerability in options.php in WordPress 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands…

published 2007-08-03 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-4138

cvss: 6.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits: 0; none known

SQL injection vulnerability in options.php in WordPress 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the page_options parameter to (1) options-general.php, (2) options-writing.php, (3) options-reading.php, (4) options-discussion.php, (5) options-privacy.php, (6) options-permalink.php, (7) options-misc.php, and possibly other unspecified components.

Patch / fix

distros 1

wordpress Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4154

Exploit prediction

1.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

debian.org /security/2008/dsa-1564
vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/35719
vdb-entry
secunia.com /advisories/30013
third-party-advisory
mybeni.rootzilla.de /mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/

Sources

CVE List CVE-2007-4154
NVD CVE-2007-4154

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Summary