cve/2008/CVE-2008-5695.md

CVE-2008-5695

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.

POC

Reference

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4798
• http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5066

Github

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