CVE-2011-10033 (GCVE-0-2011-10033)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-15 01:23 – Updated: 2026-05-15 11:13 X_Known Exploited Vulnerability
VLAI
Title
WordPress Plugin is-human <= v1.4.2 Eval Injection RCE
Summary
The WordPress plugin is-human <= v1.4.2 contains an eval injection vulnerability in /is-human/engine.php that can be triggered via the 'type' parameter when the 'action' parameter is set to 'log-reset'. The root cause is unsafe use of eval() on user-controlled input, which can lead to execution of attacker-supplied PHP and OS commands. This may result in arbitrary code execution as the webserver user, site compromise, or data exfiltration. The is-human plugin was made defunct in June 2008 and is no longer available for download. This vulnerability was exploited in the wild in March 2012.
Severity
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-10-15 18:47 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-95 - Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 8180 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
is-human WordPress Plugin is-human WordPress Plugin Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.4.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:disable_wordpress_update_notifications_and_auto-update_email_notifications_project:is-human__plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2011-05-17 00:00
Credits
neworder
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