Admin-to-server code execution via header path include
Published Jul 19, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Local file inclusion in Mark Jaquith Subscribe to Comments 2.1.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute PHP code. The Subscription Manager loads the administrator-controlled Path to header setting as a PHP include without restricting it to an approved file. WordPress administrator privileges are required, and code execution additionally requires an includable server file containing PHP; other local files can be disclosed.
Summary
What happened
Local file inclusion in Mark Jaquith Subscribe to Comments 2.1.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute PHP code. The Subscription Manager loads the administrator-controlled Path to header setting as a PHP include without restricting it to an approved file. WordPress administrator privileges are required, and code execution additionally requires an includable server file containing PHP; other local files can be disclosed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2015-10133
- Published
- Jul 19, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Mark Jaquith
- Product
- Subscribe to Comments
- Classifications
- CWE-98, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 19, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2.1.2
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Path to header local-file-inclusion proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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