WordPress Core <= 2.2 - Arbitrary File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2007-3543
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published August 5, 2007
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in WordPress before 2.2.1 and WordPress MU before 1.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code by making a post that specifies a .php filename in the _wp_attached_file metadata field; and then sending this file's content, along with its post_ID value, to (1) wp-app.php or (2) app.php.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2
Patched Version
  • 2.2.1
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