CVE-2008-5695
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.5 · Improper input validation
8.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)12%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=7534&page&replies=1Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28789Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4798Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27633Advisory
- http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wp-blog-option-overwrite.txtAdvisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5066Advisory