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1 vulnerability found for by is-human WordPress Plugin
CVE-2011-10033 (GCVE-0-2011-10033)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-15 01:23
Modified
2025-11-22 16:31
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CWE
- CWE-95 - Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')
Summary
The WordPress pluginĀ is-human <= v1.4.2 containsĀ an eval injection vulnerability in /is-human/engine.php that can be triggered via the 'type' parameter when the 'action' parameter is set to 'log-reset'. The root cause is unsafe use of eval() on user-controlled input, which can lead to execution of attacker-supplied PHP and OS commands. This may result in arbitrary code execution as the webserver user, site compromise, or data exfiltration. The is-human plugin was made defunct in June 2008 and is no longer available for download. This vulnerability was exploited in the wild in March 2012.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| is-human WordPress Plugin | is-human WordPress Plugin |
Version: * ≤ 1.4.2 |
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