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CVE-2008-5695

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
19/12/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
8.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.3.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.3.2 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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