CVE-2008-5695
Estado: ModificadaAlta (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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Puntuación base: 8.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 12%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 96
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-20
Referencias
- 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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