CVE-2009-3890

CVSS V2 Medium 6 CVSS V3 None
Description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the wp_check_filetype function in wp-includes/functions.php in WordPress before 2.8.6, when a certain configuration of the mod_mime module in the Apache HTTP Server is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by posting an attachment with a multiple-extension filename, and then accessing this attachment via a direct request to a wp-content/uploads/ pathname, as demonstrated by a .php.jpg filename.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-3890
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2009-11-17T18:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-11-21T18:10:54
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-94 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.8.5
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.8
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37332 Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0142.html Broken Link
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11122 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0153.html Broken Link
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/59958 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0149.html Broken Link
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3890
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3890
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:10:59 Added to TrackCVE