CVE-2022-24664 (GCVE-0-2022-24664)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-16 16:38 – Updated: 2025-01-31 19:04
VLAI?
Title
Remote Code Execution by by Contributor+ users via WordPress metabox
Summary
PHP Everywhere <= 2.0.3 included functionality that allowed execution of PHP Code Snippets via WordPress metaboxes, which could be used by any user able to edit posts.
Severity ?
9.9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Alexander Fuchs PHP Everywhere Affected: 2.0.3 , ≤ 2.0.3 (custom)
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Credits
Ramuel Gall, Wordfence
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