WordPress Kanban Boards for WordPress Plugin <= 2.5.21 is vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution

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    "title": "WordPress Kanban Boards for WordPress Plugin <= 2.5.21 is vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution",
    "summary": "Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Kanban for WordPress Kanban Boards for WordPress.This issue affects Kanban Boards for WordPress: from n/a through 2.5.21.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:30.280809041Z",
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        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40606.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40606",
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