FKIE_CVE-2008-5695
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-19 18:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:00
Severity
Summary
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | * | |
| wordpress | wordpress_mu | * |
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