PT-2023-31415 · WordPress · Allow Php In Posts/Pages

István Márton + 1 · Published 2023-09-15 · Updated 2023-09-20 · CVE-2023-4994

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.9

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Allow PHP in Posts and Pages plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.0.4

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or above to execute code on the server via the php shortcode. This enables remote code execution.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 3.0.4, update to a version later than 3.0.4 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the use of the php shortcode until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-4994

Affected Products

Allow Php In Posts/Pages

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4994 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4994 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/allow-php-in-posts-and-pages/trunk/allowphp.php#L373 · Patch
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3d8b4bb6-3715-40c1-8140-7fcf874ccec3?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/TechFishNews/status/1704504579306528966 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1702869672616464859 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1703287705306825162 · Twitter Post