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CVE-2008-5695

high · 8.5

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.

8.5
CVSS
12.0%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2008-12-19
Published

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
wordpresswordpress<= 2.3.2
wordpresswordpress_mu< 1.3.2

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References

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