CVE-2009-3890 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2009-11-17

Score: 6.0 Medium

EPSS: 10.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10487.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0142.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0149.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0153.html
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11122
http://secunia.com/advisories/37332
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1
http://www.osvdb.org/59958

History

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Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2009-11-17T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:46:39.551Z

Reserved: 2009-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-3890

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-11-17T18:30:00.313

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-3890

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94

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