Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-52778

CVE-2026-52778

YesWiki yeswiki — YesWiki has Unsafe eval() in Formula Calculator - Remote Code Execution (RCE) & Denial of Service (DoS)

Description · from the CVE record

YesWiki is a wiki system written in PHP. Prior to version 4.6.6, an unsafe execution vulnerability exists in the Bazar form field calculator (CalcField.php) of YesWiki. The application attempts to sanitize user-defined mathematical formulas using a complex recursive regular expression before passing them to the PHP eval() function. This implementation is inherently flawed: it is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS / Stack Overflow) which can crash the server, and it creates a high-risk architecture where any logic bypass directly results in arbitrary PHP code execution. Version 4.6.6 patches the issue.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
yeswiki< 4.6.6–CNA

Scores by source

GitHub_M (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

exploitgithub.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/security/advisories/GHSA-px5m-h76g-p7p8refgithub.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/commit/dd2bd8fb099de0d21504bda8a810693b3fcb8e52refgithub.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/releases/tag/v4.6.6