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…
- 8.5HighCVSS base score
- 12.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- WordPress MU < 1.3.2 - 'active_plugins' Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5066webapps, phppublished 5 Feb 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 5066 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High8.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.0% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 4798 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 27633 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 5066 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wp-blog-option-overwrite.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 28789 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-mu-options-overwrite.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=7534&page&replies=1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-5666 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-5695)Record last updated .