SQL injection vulnerability in the do_trackbacks function in wp-includes/comment.php in WordPress before 3.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the Send Trackbacks field.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-4257 is rated Moderate Risk (55.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.30%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-12-28 | 2.51% | 3.30% | +0.79% |
| 2 | 2025-12-27 | 3.30% | 2.51% | -0.79% |
| 3 | 2025-10-28 | — | 3.30% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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6.8 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2010-4257 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wordpress), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4257 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2010-4257 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wordpress), 8 status rows across 8 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): ignored 3, released 3, not-affected 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4257 |