WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Confection 0.4.0 - 0.4.7 - Unauthenticated RCE via Write Key Option
Description
The plugin does not perform any capability or nonce checks before saving its settings and writing one of them, unmodified, into a standalone PHP file that it then serves, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
No known fix References
CVE
Classification
Type
RCE
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Naoki Kawahigashi
Submitter
Naoki Kawahigashi
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-11-06 (about 3 days ago)
Added
2026-11-06 (about 2 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-11-07 (about 1 day ago)
