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CVE-2008-5695
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
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 |
References
- http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wp-blog-option-overwrite.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28789
- http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.html
- http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=7534&page&replies=1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27633
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4798
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5066