CVE-2008-5695: wordpress Improper Input Validation

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5695 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 12.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded. Fixed in 2.3.3 and 1.3.2.

Timeline

1. 19-12-2008
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationThe product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.