WordPress up to 1.2 Capabilities input validation

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A vulnerability was found in WordPress up to 1.2 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Capabilities. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 12/19/2008 by Alexander Concha (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5695 since 12/19/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40266) and Exploit-DB (5066).

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 900937
OpenVAS Name: WordPress wp-admin/options.php Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wordpress.com

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: Alexander Concha
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-5695 (🔍)
X-Force: 40266
Vulnerability Center: 57449 - WordPress MU before 1.3.2 and WordPress 2.3.2 and Earlier Remote Code Execution in wp-admin/options.php, High
SecurityFocus: 27633 - WordPress 'wp-admin/options.php' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 28789

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 02/01/2019 16:29
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (62), 02/01/2019 16:29 (6)
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