cve/2007/CVE-2007-0539.md

### [CVE-2007-0539](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0539)
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### Description

The wp_remote_fopen function in WordPress before 2.1 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 large file, which triggers a long download session without a timeout constraint.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191

#### Github
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