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.

CVSS v2.0 8.5 HIGH

8.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=7534&page&replies=1	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28789	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4798	Third Party Advisory
http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wp-blog-option-overwrite.txt	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27633	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5066	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=7534&page&replies=1	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28789	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4798	Third Party Advisory
http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wp-blog-option-overwrite.txt	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27633	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5066	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2008-12-19 18:30

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2008-5695

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5695

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-5695

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wordpress

wordpress_mu
wordpress

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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