WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Easy PHP Settings < 1.0.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Code Injection via 'wp_memory_limit' Setting

Description

The Easy PHP Settings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Code Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.4 via the `update_wp_memory_constants()` method. This is due to insufficient input validation on the `wp_memory_limit` and `wp_max_memory_limit` settings before writing them to `wp-config.php`. The `sanitize_text_field()` function used for sanitization does not filter single quotes, allowing an attacker to break out of the string context in a PHP `define()` statement. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code on the server by modifying `wp-config.php`, which is loaded on every page request.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.0.5

References

Classification

Type
RCE
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
ZAST.AI
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-03-06 (about 5 months ago)
Added
2026-03-06 (about 5 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-03-07 (about 5 months ago)

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