# CVE-2007-6318: SQL injection vulnerability in wp-includes/query.php in WordPress 2.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL command

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2007-12-12 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

SQL injection vulnerability in wp-includes/query.php in WordPress 2.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the s parameter, when DB_CHARSET is set to (1) Big5, (2) GBK, or possibly other character set encodings that support a "\" in a multibyte character.

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## References

- http://www.abelcheung.org/advisory/20071210-wordpress-charset.txt
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019071
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-December/058999.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28005
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26795
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484828/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4172
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28310
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3433
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38959
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4721

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