CVE-2008-5695

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    CVE-2008-5695

    Published: 19 Dec 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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, http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.html, http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wp-blog-option-overwrite.txt, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5066

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High