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Description

The Code Snippets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Code Injection in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.1. This is due to the plugin's use of extract() on attacker-controlled shortcode attributes within the `evaluate_shortcode_from_flat_file` method, which can be used to overwrite the `$filepath` variable and subsequently passed to require_once. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server via the `[code_snippet]` shortcode using PHP filter chains granted they can trick an administrator into enabling the "Enable file-based execution" setting and creating at least one active Content snippet.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-11-11 | Published 2025-11-19 | Updated 2025-11-19 | Assigner Wordfence




HIGH: 8.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

* (semver)
affected

Timeline

2025-11-12:Vendor Notified
2025-11-18:Disclosed

Credits

Michael Mazzolini finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-2fc3-46ff-858e-2242b7211476?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/.../front-end/class-front-end.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/.../front-end/class-front-end.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

cve.org (CVE-2025-13035)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-13035)

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