6.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2009-3890
WordPress Unrestricted File Upload RCE
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 17, 2009, 6:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2017, 6:10 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

6.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-3890 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Wordpress wordpress
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 21, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0142.html Exploit http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0142.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0149.html No Types Assigned http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0149.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0153.html Exploit http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0153.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1 Patch http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/16/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2 Patch http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.osvdb.org/59958 No Types Assigned http://www.osvdb.org/59958 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3 Patch http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/15/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/37332 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/37332 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11122 No Types Assigned http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11122 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2.1:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:gold:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:*:*:beta1:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:*:*:rc1:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.711:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:*:platinum:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 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*cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.9:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.9rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:alpha_3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.1beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2:*:revision5003:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.1:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7:*:*:coltrane:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7.1:rc1:*:iis:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8:*:iis:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.1:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.1:jazzes_themes_and_widgets:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.2:*:iis:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.4:*:iis:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.4:a:iis:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.4:b:iis:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.8.5 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.8.5
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 18, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-3890 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-3890 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.25 }} -1.00%

score

0.89763

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability