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CVE-2024-3105: Woody code snippets – Insert Header Footer Code, AdSense Ads <= 2.5.0 -Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The Woody code snippets – Insert Header Footer Code, AdSense Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.0 via the 'insert_php' shortcode. This is due to the plugin not restricting the usage of the functionality to high level authorized users. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to execute code on the server.

Affected products

• Webcraftic Woody Ad Snippets: through 2.5.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/insert-php/trunk/includes/class.plugin.php#L166
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/insert-php/trunk/includes/shortcodes/shortcode-insert-php.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3102522%40insert-php&new=3102522%40insert-php&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/134ad095-b0a0-4f0f-832d-3e558d4a250a?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/insert-php/trunk/includes/class.plugin.php#L166
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/insert-php/trunk/includes/shortcodes/shortcode-insert-php.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3102522%40insert-php&new=3102522%40insert-php&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/134ad095-b0a0-4f0f-832d-3e558d4a250a?source=cve

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