Easy PHP Settings <= 1.0.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Code Injection via 'wp_memory_limit' Setting
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.2epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 69% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
The Easy PHP Settings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Code Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.4 via the `update_wp_memory_constants()` method. This is due to insufficient input validation on the `wp_memory_limit` and `wp_max_memory_limit` settings before writing them to `wp-config.php`. The `sanitize_text_field()` function used for sanitization does not filter single quotes, allowing an attacker to break out of the string context in a PHP `define()` statement. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code on the server by modifying `wp-config.php`, which is loaded on every page request.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
shahadul878 · Easy PHP SettingsReferences
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-php-settings/tags/1.0.4/class-easy-php-settings.php#L1800https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-php-settings/tags/1.0.5/class-easy-php-settings.php#L1998https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-php-settings/trunk/class-easy-php-settings.php#L1800https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f9927487-99fb-46d9-a208-f19e0a371267?source=cve