WordPress Coding Standards up to 3.4.0 EnqueuedResourceParameter is_falsy ver os command injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in WordPress Coding Standards up to 3.4.0. Affected is the function is_falsy of the component EnqueuedResourceParameter. The manipulation of the argument ver results in os command injection. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-45293. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in WordPress Coding Standards up to 3.4.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function is_falsy of the component EnqueuedResourceParameter. The manipulation of the argument ver with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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 advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-45293 since 05/11/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 3.4.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Content Management System

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• WordPress

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• Coding Standards

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• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4.0

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://wordpress.com/

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