The QA Assistants – Driven by data plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.
Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 10:04 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (Wordfence) | CVSS 3.1 | 8.8 |
|---|
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 7 Nov 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 6 Nov 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| quarkaQA Assistants – Driven by data | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Until a fix is available, consider disabling or restricting access to the wp-cron.php endpoint or the qahm_cron_data_manage scheduled event to mitigate exploitation risk.
Description
The QA Assistants – Driven by data plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 5.3.0 is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection via the 'dlevent_ver' parameter. This vulnerability arises from unsafe deserialization without class restrictions and insufficient sanitization of path traversal sequences. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this to perform arbitrary file writes using a gadget in the plugin's dependencies, potentially leading to remote code execution. Exploitation requires triggering a scheduled event that runs automatically every two minutes without authentication.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87112 (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/qa-heatmap-analytics/tags/5.2.0.1/class-qahm-admin-page-realtime.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/qa-heatmap-analytics/tags/5.2.0.1/class-qahm-base.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/qa-heatmap-analytics/tags/5.2.0.1/class-qahm-behavioral-data.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/qa-heatmap-analytics/tags/5.2.0.1/class-qahm-core-base.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/qa-heatmap-analytics/tags/5.2.0.1/class-qahm-cron-proc.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/qa-heatmap-analytics/tags/5.2.0.1/qahm-ajax.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/qa-heatmap-analytics/tags/5.2.0.1/vendor/guzzlehttp/guzzle/src/Cookie/FileCookieJar.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3728466%40qa-heatmap-analytics&new=3728466%40qa-heatmap-analytics (opens in a new tab)
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/76c5b5f1-a04b-4219-b8c0-ee53139fa787?source=cve (opens in a new tab)