CVE-2026-87112 json
QA Assistants <= 5.3.0 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'raw_name' and 'dlevent_ver' Parameters
published 4d ago modified 3d ago also EUVD-2026-118966
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.8%
- EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The QA Assistants – Driven by data plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.0 via the 'dlevent_ver' parameter. This is due to unrestricted PHP deserialization via wrap_unserialize_static() calling unserialize() without an allowed_classes restriction, combined with serialize_escape() failing to sanitize path traversal sequences in the raw_name parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. The Guzzle FileCookieJar gadget present in the plugin's bundled Composer dependencies can be leveraged to perform an Arbitrary File Write, writing attacker-controlled content to an attacker-chosen filename, which can result in Remote Code Execution. Exploitation requires triggering the qahm_cron_data_manage scheduled event via wp-cron.php to invoke the deserialization sink against a planted queue file, but this endpoint requires no authentication and fires automatically on a two-minute schedule.
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 3d ago
Exploit prediction
0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- quarka QA Assistants – Driven by data
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/76c5b5f1-a04b-4219-b8c0-ee53139fa787?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/qa-heatmap-analytics/tags/5.2.0.1/class-qahm-base.php#L701
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/qa-heatmap-analytics/tags/5.2.0.1/class-qahm-admin-page-realtime.php#L183
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/qa-heatmap-analytics/tags/5.2.0.1/vendor/guzzlehttp/guzzle/src/Cookie/FileCookieJar.php#L38
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/qa-heatmap-analytics/tags/5.2.0.1/class-qahm-cron-proc.php#L698
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/qa-heatmap-analytics/tags/5.2.0.1/class-qahm-core-base.php#L780
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/qa-heatmap-analytics/tags/5.2.0.1/qahm-ajax.php#L319
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/qa-heatmap-analytics/tags/5.2.0.1/class-qahm-behavioral-data.php#L770
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset?reponame=&old=3728466%40qa-heatmap-analytics&new=3728466%40qa-heatmap-analytics
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-87112
- NVD CVE-2026-87112
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