CVE-2008-5695

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.

CVSS v2.0

8.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

12.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Nuclei

low

Published

2008-12-19

Updated

2024-08-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.html

Nuclei templates (1)

• topscoder/nuclei-wordfence-cve/blob/main/nuclei-templates/2008/CVE-2008-5695-wpmu-8afcb18…

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5066

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2008-5692
• CVE-2008-5697
• CVE-2008-5691
• CVE-2008-5698
• CVE-2008-5689
• CVE-2008-5705