CVE-2026-65640

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-65640
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerhackerone
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-17 21:16:46 UTC
Updated2026-08-18 16:18:12 UTC
DescriptionWordPress is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability via malicious Postscript file upload by an Author level user or higher. Prerequisites: * Imagick and Ghostscript in use on the server * A malicious user with the `upload_files` capability This issue affects all versions of WordPress. Version 7.0.4 has been released, containing a fix for the vulnerability, and as a courtesy to users on older branches the fix has been backported to all branches back to 4.7.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.008140000 probability, percentile 0.540180000 (date 2026-08-18)

Problem Types: CWE-434 | CWE-434 CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.0CNADECLARED8.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA WordPress WordPress affected 7.0.4 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
wordpress.org/news/2026/08/wordpress-7-0-4-release [email protected] wordpress.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Pwn.ai (en)

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