๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2025-13035

HIGH 8.0

Code Snippets <= 3.9.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Code Injection via extract() and PHP Filter Chains

CVSS Score
8.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-94
Vendor codesnippetspro
Product code snippets
Published Nov 19, 2025
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

codesnippetspro / Code Snippets
0 โ‰ค 3.9.1

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c7c7247c-2fc3-46ff-858e-2242b7211476?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/code-snippets/tags/3.8.1/php/front-end/class-front-end.php#L295 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/code-snippets/tags/3.8.1/php/front-end/class-front-end.php#L296 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3397635%40code-snippets%2Ftrunk&old=3395415%40code-snippets%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file23

Credits

Michael Mazzolini