Unauthenticated PHP Code Injection RCE in Everest Forms Pro Complex Calculation
CVE-2026-3300 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Everest Forms Pro WordPress plugin affecting all versions up to and including 1.9.12. The flaw is in the Calculation Addon’s process_filter() function, within the Complex Calculation feature, where user-supplied form field values are concatenated into a dynamically constructed PHP code string and then executed via eval(). Although input is passed through sanitize_text_field(), that function does not escape single quotes or other characters significant in PHP code context. As a result, an unauthenticated attacker can submit crafted input in string-type form fields such as text, email, URL, select, or radio fields, break out of the intended string context, and inject arbitrary PHP code for execution on the server.
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Exploits
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Repository is a small standalone Python exploit project for CVE-2026-3300 targeting WordPress Everest Forms Pro <= 1.9.12. Structure is minimal: one executable Python script (cve-2026-3300.py), a README with usage examples, requirements.txt listing requests, and targets.txt containing sample URLs. The script is the clear entry point and implements four main modes: scan, poc, exploit, and reverse. Core capability: the exploit crafts unauthenticated POST requests containing a malicious value in an Everest Forms field parameter to trigger PHP code injection in the vulnerable calculation functionality. The payload generator supports multiple PHP execution primitives (system, exec, passthru, shell_exec) and appends a PWNED marker to help confirm successful execution. The exploit posts either to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with action=everest_forms_process_submission or to the site root / as a fallback. Success is inferred from HTTP 200 responses containing PWNED or common command-output indicators such as uid=, root:, www-data, or command not found. Reconnaissance capability: scan() performs lightweight detection by requesting /wp-json/everest-forms/v1/forms and /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, looking for strings like everest or evf in responses. This is not a pure detector-only repository; it contains active exploitation logic. Post-exploitation capability: reverse mode builds a bash reverse-shell command using the local host IP and a chosen listener port, starts a threaded TCP listener bound to 0.0.0.0, and then reuses the exploit path to execute the reverse-shell command on the target. Batch operation is supported through targets.txt and ThreadPoolExecutor-based concurrency. Overall, this is an operational standalone web exploit/command-execution tool rather than a framework module. It is not heavily weaponized, but it does provide practical exploitation features beyond a simple proof of concept, including target scanning, configurable payload functions, multithreaded batch exploitation, and a basic interactive reverse-shell workflow.
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A critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the Everest Forms Pro WordPress plugin caused by unsafe eval() use in the Complex Calculation feature, enabling arbitrary PHP code injection and execution.
A critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Everest Forms Pro WordPress plugin caused by improper input validation in the complex calculation feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code and fully compromise affected sites.
A critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Everest Forms Pro WordPress plugin caused by unsafe concatenation of user-supplied form values into PHP code that is executed with eval() in the Calculation Addon’s process_filter() function.
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