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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2008-5695

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2008-5695 CWE-20

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities