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Woody code snippets – Insert Header Footer Code, AdSense Ads <= 2.5.0 -Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution

CVE-2024-3105Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤2.5.0Update to 2.5.1 or newer

All remediation steps
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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
On this page8

Am I affected?

Woody Code Snippets – Insert PHP, CSS, JS, and Header/Footer Scripts insert-php

  1. Affected≤ 2.5.0
  2. Patched in2.5.1

Update to 2.5.1 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 2.5.0. Version 2.5.1 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Woody Code Snippets – Insert PHP, CSS, JS, and Header/Footer Scripts.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 2.5.1, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Woody Code Snippets – Insert PHP, CSS, JS, and Header/Footer Scripts to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Webbernaut.

The Woody code snippets – Insert Header Footer Code, AdSense Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.0 via the 'insert_php' shortcode. This is due to the plugin not restricting the usage of the functionality to high level authorized users. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and 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

More in Woody Code Snippets – Insert PHP, CSS, JS, and Header/Footer Scripts

All 8
More vulnerabilities in Woody Code Snippets – Insert PHP, CSS, JS, and Header/Footer Scripts
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
High8.8Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution
≤2.7.1Update to 2.7.2
CVE-2026-25366
Medium4.4Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.5.0Update to 2.5.1
CVE-2024-35751
Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.4.5Update to 2.4.6
—
Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass
<2.3.10Update to 2.3.10
CVE-2020-36759
Medium6.4Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting
<2.2.9Update to 2.2.9
CVE-2019-16289

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity critical, CVSS 9.9

  2. 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.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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