# CVE-2008-5695: 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,

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2008-12-19 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4798
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27633
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5066
- http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wp-blog-option-overwrite.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28789
- http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.html
- http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=7534&page&replies=1

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