WordPress plugin

Allow PHP in Posts and Pages <= 3.0.4 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Remote Code Execution via Shortcode

CVE-2023-4994Published Sep 15, 2023 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Affected: ≤3.0.4No patch available

What to do until a fix ships

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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

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Am I affected?

Allow PHP in Posts and Pages allow-php-in-posts-and-pages

Affected≤ 3.0.4
PatchedNo fix yet

You are affected if you run ≤ 3.0.4. No fixed version has been released.

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

What to do

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
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Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to István Márton.

The Allow PHP in Posts and Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 3.0.4 via the 'php' shortcode. This allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or above, to execute code on the server.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

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

Advisories & patches

Advisorywordfence.com

Timeline

Sep 15, 2023
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.9
Nov 13, 2026
Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record

Vulnerability data: Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. 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.

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