THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2007-2714
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2007-2714

Akismet vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
11.2%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Unspecified vulnerability in akismet.php in Matt Mullenweg Akismet before 2.0.2, a WordPress plugin, has unknown impact and attack vectors.
Affected vendor
Matt Mullenweg
Affected product
Akismet
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2007-05-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-2714

  • Confirm whether Matt Mullenweg Akismet is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-2714.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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