CVE-2008-5695

Name	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	510786, 513959

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wordpress (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1	fixed
	trixie	6.8.1+dfsg1-1	fixed
	forky, sid	6.8.3+dfsg1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
wordpress	source	(unstable)	2.3.2	low		510786, 513959

Notes

[etch] - wordpress <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
only the admin has manage_options capabilities by default and only editors
have upload_files capabilities
Only versions prior to 2.3.2 are affected according to the Debian maintainer