CVE-2026-45293CWE-95

CVE-2026-45293

High · published July 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.6 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00249 · 15.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-95 · Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')
Published
2026-07-28T20:18Z
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 JUL 15:34Z
    WordPress Coding Standards (WordPressCS) contains an arbitrary code execution vulnerability
    cvelistv5