CVE-2013-5739

LowCVSS 3.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The default configuration of WordPress before 3.6.1 does not prevent uploads of .swf and .exe files, which might make it easier for remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted file, related to the get_allowed_mime_types function in wp-includes/functions.php.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.5/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1Vendor Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25322Exploit, Patch
http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2757
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1Vendor Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25322Exploit, Patch
http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2757

Timeline

Published: Sep 12, 2013
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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