CVE-2008-5695 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2008-12-19

Score: 8.5 High

EPSS: 16.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.16371.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress Wordpress Mu

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-19T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:04:44.132Z

Reserved: 2008-12-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5695

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-19T18:30:00.467

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-5695

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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