CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-3890
6.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-11-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
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.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (<= 2.8.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0142.html Broken Link
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0149.html Broken Link
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0153.html Broken Link
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11122 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37332 Third Party Advisory
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- 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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/59958 Broken Link
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0142.html Broken Link
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0149.html Broken Link
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0153.html Broken Link
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11122 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37332 Third Party Advisory
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- 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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/59958 Broken Link