CVE-2009-3890
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-11-17 18:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 23:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-11-05
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- edee7cadc18e8d3e893604d42cb57b32b8661cd142ff528aee78cce2c2f866fe
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com37332http://secunia.com/advisories/37332
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091116 Re: CVE request: Wordpress 2.8.6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1
- archives.neohapsis.com20091111 WordPress <= 2.8.5 Unrestricted File Upload Arbitrary PHP Code Executionhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0142.html
- wordpress.orghttp://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-2-8-6-security-release/
- archives.neohapsis.com20091112 Re: WordPress <= 2.8.5 Unrestricted File Upload Arbitrary PHP Code Executionhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0153.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091115 Re: CVE request: Wordpress 2.8.6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3
- core.trac.wordpress.orghttp://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11122
- www.osvdb.org59958http://www.osvdb.org/59958
- archives.neohapsis.com20091112 Re: WordPress <= 2.8.5 Unrestricted File Upload Arbitrary PHP Code Executionhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0149.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091115 CVE request: Wordpress 2.8.6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wordpress Fixed in 2.8.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wordpress Fixed in 2.8.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wordpress Fixed in 2.8.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.