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CVE-2017-20251

Themeisle Woody Code Snippets — WordPress Insert PHP Plugin < 3.3.1 PHP Code Injection via REST API

EPSS 0.6%public exploitCVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
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CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 46.5.465 × 209.3Exploit: SSVC poc+1010.0SSVC exploitation: poc+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

WordPress Insert PHP plugin versions before 3.3.1 contain a PHP code injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by injecting malicious shortcodes through the WordPress REST API. Attackers can send POST requests to the wp-json/wp/v2/posts endpoint with crafted content containing insert_php shortcodes to include and execute remote PHP files on the server.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Woody Code Snippets< 3.3.13.3.1CNA

Scores by source

VulnCheck (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VulnCheck (CNA)9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

exploitexploit-db.com/exploits/41308reffr.wordpress.org/plugins/insert-phpwriteupvulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-insert-php-plugin-php-code-injection-via-rest-api