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.
The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/37332 | third party advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1 | third party advisory mailing list |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0142.html | broken link mailing list |
| http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/ | patch vendor advisory |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0153.html | broken link mailing list |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3 | third party advisory mailing list |
| http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11122 | vendor advisory issue tracking |
| http://www.osvdb.org/59958 | vdb entry broken link |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0149.html | broken link mailing list |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2 | third party advisory mailing list |