FKIE_CVE-2023-23645

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-17 07:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:37
Severity
9.9 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in MainWP MainWP Code Snippets Extension allows Code Injection.This issue affects MainWP Code Snippets Extension: from n/a through 4.0.2.
References
audit@patchstack.comhttps://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/mainwp-code-snippets-extension/wordpress-mainwp-code-snippets-extension-plugin-4-0-2-subscriber-arbitrary-php-code-injection-execution-vulnerability?_s_id=cveThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/mainwp-code-snippets-extension/wordpress-mainwp-code-snippets-extension-plugin-4-0-2-subscriber-arbitrary-php-code-injection-execution-vulnerability?_s_id=cveThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mainwp code_snippets_extension *
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