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CVE-2008-5695

CVE information

Published

15 years ago

Last Modified

2 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
8.5/10
Exploit Score
6.8/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
Single
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- 1.3.2