Allow PHP Execute <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) PHP Code Injection

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2024-13890
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published March 7, 2025
Last Updated March 8, 2025
Researcher Francesco Carlucci
Description

The Allow PHP Execute plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Code Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to allowing PHP code to be entered by all users for whom unfiltered HTML is allowed. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to inject PHP code into posts and pages.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug allow-php-execute (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0
Patched Version
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