CVE-2008-5695

Exp

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.

Published: 2008-12-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5695 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 16.37%, 95th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.09% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5695

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5066 exploit_db edb 2008-02-05 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5695

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-08 15.28% 16.37% +1.09%
2 2025-11-24 17.26% 15.28% -1.98%
3 2025-03-30 — 17.26% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5695

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 6.8 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5695

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5695

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2008-5695 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wordpress), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5695
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-5695 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wordpress), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): not-affected 4, ignored 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5695

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5695

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wordpress wordpress <= 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress_mu < 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5695

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