CVE-2008-5695 EXPLOIT
8.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 12.01% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-12-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress |
| wordpress | wordpress mu |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress MU < 1.3.2 - 'active_plugins' Code Execution | 2008-02-05 |
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://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
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