Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting wordpress package, versions <2.8.6-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-362979
- published 17 Nov 2009
- disclosed 17 Nov 2009
Introduced: 17 Nov 2009
CVE-2009-3890 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 2.8.6-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3890
- 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://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://secunia.com/advisories/37332
- http://www.osvdb.org/59958