CVE-2026-7654 PUBLISHED

Admin Columns <= 7.0.18 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via Custom Field Meta Value

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 01.05.2026 Published: 05.06.2026 Updated: 06.06.2026

The Admin Columns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection leading to Remote Code Execution in versions up to and including 7.0.18. This is due to the use of unserialize() without an allowed_classes restriction in the IdsToCollection::get_ids_from_string() function, which processes attacker-controlled post meta values without proper validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to inject a serialized PHP object into a post's custom meta field and trigger arbitrary code execution by exploiting a bundled POP gadget chain, resulting in remote code execution as the web server user.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

Product Status

Vendor codepress
Product Admin Columns
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 7.0.18 (incl.)

Credits

  • Osvaldo Noe Gonzalez Del Rio finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data CWE