CVE-2008-5695: WordPress

High severity, CVSS 8.5. EPSS: 12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• WordPress WordPress: up to and including 2.3.2
• WordPress WordPress Mu: before 1.3.2 (fixed in 1.3.2)

Published 2008-12-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.