WP Coder < 2.5.2 - RFI leading to RCE via CSRF

published 2022-01-10 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-11965

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits: 0; none known

The WP Coder WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 within the wow-company admin menu page allows to include() arbitrary file with PHP extension (as well as with data:// or http:// protocols), thus leading to CSRF RCE.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

wow-company wp_coder 2.5.2

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2641650/wp-coder advisory

Exploit prediction

0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5448599-64de-43b0-b04d-c6492366eab1 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.1	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Unknown WP Coder – add custom html, css and js code

Classification

Weakness

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/2641650/wp-coder
patch, third-party-advisory
wpscan.com /vulnerability/a5448599-64de-43b0-b04d-c6492366eab1
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-25053
NVD CVE-2021-25053

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Summary