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CVE-2017-20251

CRITICAL 1 PoC
INFO Priority: 0.05 BB Relevance: 89/100
Published: 2026-06-09 Modified: 2026-10-29 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
AT: None
VC: High
VI: High
VA: High

Description

WordPress Insert PHP plugin versions before 3.3.1 contain a PHP code injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by injecting malicious shortcodes through the WordPress REST API. Attackers can send POST requests to the wp-json/wp/v2/posts endpoint with crafted content containing insert_php shortcodes to include and execute remote PHP files on the server.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
Themeisle Woody Code Snippets 0 < 3.3.1
Themeisle Woody Code Snippets 0 < 3.3.1

References & Advisories (3)

Proof of Concept (1)

★ 1
https://github.com/Polosss/By-Poloss..-..CVE-2017-20251
nomi-sec

Bug Bounty Relevance

89 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction
✓ PoC available (1)

CVSS Score

9.3 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.56%
Raw Score 0.005590
Percentile 46.5%
Date 2026-10-29

Intelligence Sources

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