CVE - CVE-2008-5695

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-5695	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:27633 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27633 CONFIRM:http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=7534&page&replies=1 EXPLOIT-DB:5066 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5066 MISC:http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.html MISC:http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wp-blog-option-overwrite.txt SECUNIA:28789 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28789 SREASON:4798 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4798
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081219	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081219)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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