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CVE-2008-5695 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=7534&page&replies=1 CVERelease NotesVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28789 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4798 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5066 CVEExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.html CVEExploitThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
wordpress wordpress
<= 2.3.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
wordpress wordpress mu
< 1.3.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5695
NVD Published Date:
Dec 19, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-5695 Details - Not Deferred