PT-2008-6747 · WordPress · Wordpress+1

Alexander Concha · Published 2008-12-19 · Updated 2021-04-21 · CVE-2008-5695

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress MU versions prior to 1.3.2 WordPress versions prior to 2.3.3

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users with manage options and upload files capabilities to execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by uploading a PHP script and adding the script's pathname to active plugins.

Recommendations For WordPress MU versions prior to 1.3.2, update to version 1.3.2 or later. For WordPress versions prior to 2.3.3, update to version 2.3.3 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5695

Affected Products

Wordpress

Wordpress Mu

References · 12

• 🔥 http://buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wp-blog-option-overwrite.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/5066 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.html · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5695 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5695 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=7534&page&replies=1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4798 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28789 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27633 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5695 · Note