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CVE-2008-5695

HIGH CVSS: 8.5 Published: 2008-12-19 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Wordpress WordpressWordpress Wordpress Mu

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References