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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-5695
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

SREASON
  http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4798

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA28789

MISC
  http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wp-blog-option-overwrite.txt
  http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.html

MILW0RM
  http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5066

CONFIRM
  http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=7534&page&replies=1

BID
  27633


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