CVE-2017-20251 CRITICAL

CVE-2017-20251: WordPress Insert PHP Plugin 4.7.0 PHP Code Injection via REST API

Vendor Themeisle
Product Woody Code Snippets
Weakness CWE-94 · Code injection
Published June 9, 2026
Last update June 9, 2026

CVSS base score

9.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

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.

Key dates

Disclosure timeline

June 9, 2026 CVE published
June 9, 2026 Record updated