CVE-2007-3543

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-07-03 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

WordPress: through 2.2.0
Wordpress Mu: through 1.2.2

References

http://osvdb.org/37295
http://secunia.com/advisories/25794
http://trac.mu.wordpress.org/changeset/1005
http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-advisory.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24642
http://osvdb.org/37295
http://secunia.com/advisories/25794
http://trac.mu.wordpress.org/changeset/1005
http://www.buayacorp.com/files/wordpress/wordpress-advisory.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24642

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