WordPress Core < 2.3.3 & WordPress MU < 1.3.2 - Remote Code Execution

2007-09-08 00:00
Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.3.2
Affected CoreWordPress 1.3
Affected Version<= 1.3.1
CVSS8.8High
CVECVE-2008-5695
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Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.3.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-94 (Improper 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.

External References

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