Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-115252

Confection 0.4.0 - 0.4.7 - Unauthenticated RCE via Write Key Option

publishedCWE-94CWE-862

The Confection WordPress Cable WordPress plugin from 0.4.0 to 0.4.7 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.

Technical severity10.0 criticalCVSS 3.1 · CNA: WPScan
Published2026-11-09Source updated 2026-11-09
Collected2026-11-091 attributed source

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Confection WordPress Cable
Unknown
https://wordpress.org/plugins
≥ 0.4.0; ≤ 0.4.7 (affected, semver)
Other versions: unknown
CNA: WPScan

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / scoreVectorAuthority
3.1 / 10.0
critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCNA: WPScan

Exploit evidence

References

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