THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-5695
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-5695

Wordpress vulnerability

CVSS
8.5
EPSS
12.0%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Wordpress
Affected product
Wordpress
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2008-12-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Wordpress Wordpress is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-5695.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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