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PHP Everywhere <= 2.0.3 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution via Metabox

CVE-2022-24664Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤2.0.3Update to 3.0.0 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
Critical9.9
CVSS
9.9
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:C Scope
Changed
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

PHP Everywhere php-everywhere

  1. Affected≤ 2.0.3
  2. Patched in3.0.0

Update to 3.0.0 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 2.0.3. Version 3.0.0 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under PHP Everywhere.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 3.0.0, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch PHP Everywhere to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Ram.

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.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in PHP Everywhere

All 4
More vulnerabilities in PHP Everywhere
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
High8.8Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤2.0.2Update to 2.0.3
CVE-2021-23227
Critical9.9Remote Code Execution by Contributor+ users via gutenberg block
≤2.0.3Update to 3.0.0
CVE-2022-24665
Critical9.9Remote Code Execution by Subscriber+ users via shortcode
≤2.0.3Update to 3.0.0
CVE-2022-24663

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity critical, CVSS 9.9

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
[object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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