CVE-2011-10033

The WordPress plugin is-human <= v1.4.2 contains an eval injection vulnerability in /is-human/engine.php that can be triggered via the 'type' parameter when the 'action' parameter is set to 'log-reset'. The root cause is unsafe use of eval() on user-controlled input, which can lead to execution of attacker-supplied PHP and OS commands. This may result in arbitrary code execution as the webserver user, site compromise, or data exfiltration. The is-human plugin was made defunct in June 2008 and is no longer available for download. This vulnerability was exploited in the wild in March 2012.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://web.archive.org/web/20120115212202/http://blog.spiderlabs.com/2012/01/honeypot-alert-is-human-wordpress-plugin-remote-command-execution-attack-detected.html
https://wordpress.org/plugins/is-human/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17299
https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/honeypot-alert-more-wordpress-is_human-plugin-remote-command-injection-attack-detected/
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-is-human-eval-injection-rce

Configurations

No configuration.

History

15 Oct 2025, 02:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-10-15 02:15

Updated : 2025-10-16 15:29

NVD link : CVE-2011-10033

Mitre link : CVE-2011-10033

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-10033

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-95

Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')

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