Code injection in Pdfcrowd Save as PDF Plugin by PDFCrowd
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
The Save as PDF Plugin by PDFCrowd plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Function Invocation in all versions up to, and including, 4.6.1 via the `pdf_created_callback` shortcode attribute. The `eval_shortcode()` function copies any non-`button_`/non-`email_` shortcode attribute verbatim into a custom options array without sanitization, allowlist enforcement, or capability checks, and `create_button()` AES-encrypts that array — including the attacker-supplied callback value — and embeds the resulting blob in the rendered button HTML; when the blob is later POSTed to the unauthenticated `wp_ajax_nopriv_save_as_pdf_pdfcrowd` endpoint, `save_as_pdf_pdfcrowd()` decrypts it and invokes `$options['pdf_created_callback']` as a PHP callable at line 1722 with no `is_callable()` guard, no allowlist, and no capability check. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to invoke arbitrary PHP functions or static class methods with plugin option data as the sole argument, enabling disclosure of the site's stored PDFCrowd API key and username or further server-side abuse. Note that the encryption boundary does not mitigate this vector because the server itself encrypts the attacker-chosen callback during shortcode rendering, supplying any authenticated Contributor with a cryptographically valid blob that any unauthenticated visitor can subsequently replay to trigger invocation.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-92807
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3fg9-62hh-37mh
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fc87f440-d26e-4535-afe4-c4a97b7c591a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/save-as-pdf-by-pdfcrowd/tags/4.6.1/public/class-save-as-pdf-pdfcrowd-public.php#L1722
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/save-as-pdf-by-pdfcrowd/tags/4.6.1/public/class-save-as-pdf-pdfcrowd-public.php#L956
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/save-as-pdf-by-pdfcrowd/tags/4.6.1/public/class-save-as-pdf-pdfcrowd-public.php#L867
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/save-as-pdf-by-pdfcrowd/tags/4.6.1/public/class-save-as-pdf-pdfcrowd-public.php#L157
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3701540%40save-as-pdf-by-pdfcrowd&new=3701540%40save-as-pdf-by-pdfcrowd
More Pdfcrowd vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-02868 Save as PDF by Pdfcrowd < 3.2.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2023-05502 Save as PDF < 3.2.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2024-23518 WordPress Save as PDF Plugin by Pdfcrowd plugin <= 3.2.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-22265 WordPress Save as PDF plugin by Pdfcrowd plugin <= 3.2.0 - Broken Access Control to Stored XSS vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-10095 Save as PDF Plugin by Pdfcrowd <= 4.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2026-00643 Save as PDF Plugin by PDFCrowd <= 4.5.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via options CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-92807 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-92807 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3fg9-62hh-37mh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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