CVE-2008-5695

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5695
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-19 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionwp-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 8.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress Mu All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WordPress MU › WordPress MU 1.3.3 « WordPress MU Forums af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mu.wordpress.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wp-blog-option-overwrite.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.buayacorp.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
SecurityReason - Wordpress MU < 1.3.2 active_plugins option Code Execution Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Third Party Advisory
WordPress [MU] blog's options overwrite af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.buayacorp.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
WordPress 'wp-admin/options.php' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Wordpress MU < 1.3.2 active_plugins option Code Execution Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
WordPress MU File Upload and Security Bypass - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
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