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CVE-2008-5695

wp-admin/options.php in WordPress MU before 1.3.2, and WordPress 2.3.2 and earlier, does not properly validate requests to update an option, which allows remote authenticated users with manage_options and upload_files capabilities to execute arbitrary code by uploading a PHP script and adding this script's pathname to active_plugins.

Published

2008-12-19T18:30:00.467

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 8.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

6.8

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 2.3.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress_mu	< 1.3.2	Yes

References

http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=7534&page&replies=1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28789 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4798 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wp-blog-option-overwrite.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27633 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5066 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=7534&page&replies=1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28789 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4798 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wp-blog-option-overwrite.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27633 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5066 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)