CVE-2026-45293

HIGH

WordPress Coding Standards (WordPressCS) contains an arbitrary code execution vulnerability

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

WordPress Coding Standards is a set of PHP_CodeSniffer rules (sniffs) that enforce WordPress coding conventions. From 0.14.1 until 3.4.1, the WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters sniff (active in the WordPress and WordPress-Extra rulesets) reconstructed the $ver argument passed to functions such as wp_enqueue_script() and ran it through eval() inside its is_falsy() method, so a maliciously crafted argument such as 'system'('id') would execute during a scan; as a result, running PHPCS with WordPressCS over untrusted PHP (for example a CI pipeline that lints pull requests, or a developer reviewing third-party code) could lead to arbitrary command execution on the scanning host. The WordPress-Core and WordPress-Docs rulesets are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.1.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 8.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-95
Status published
Products (2)
WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards >= 0.14.1, < 3.4.1
wp-coding-standards/wpcs 0.14.1 - 3.4.1Packagist
Published Jul 28, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 28, 2026