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CVE-2007-3543 (GCVE-0-2007-3543)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-07-03 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 14:21
VLAI
Summary
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in WordPress before 2.2.1 and WordPress MU before 1.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code by making a post that specifies a .php filename in the _wp_attached_file metadata field; and then sending this file's content, along with its post_ID value, to (1) wp-app.php or (2) app.php.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/25794 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24642 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://osvdb.org/37295 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpres… x_refsource_MISC
http://trac.mu.wordpress.org/changeset/1005 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2007-06-23 00:00
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