Kanban Boards <= 2.5.21 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Remote Code Execution

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2023-40606
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published August 17, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher TomS
Description

The Kanban Boards plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 2.5.21. This allows authenticated attackers with administrator access to execute code on the server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug kanban (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 2.5.21
Patched Version
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