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8.5high

CVE-2008-5695in critical feed1 exploit

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…

Published 17 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
12.0%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

12.01% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-5066 WordPress MU < 1.3.2 - 'active_plugins' Code Execution · webapps · 2008-02-05

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.08.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds
WordPress (RSS, critical only)

References

  • securityreason.com /securityalert/4798 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/27633 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/5066 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • buayacorp.com /files/wordpress/wp-blog-option-overwrite.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/28789 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • buayacorp.com /files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • mu.wordpress.org /forums/topic.php?id=7534&page&replies=1 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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