8.8

CVE-2026-65640: wordpress

Awaiting analysis
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-65640DEBIAN-CVE-2026-65640
Published 17-08-2026Last modified 18-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-65640 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 1.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.1% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 4.7.35.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.94%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

WordPress 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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.94% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Wordpress2 products
  • wordpress≥ 4.7.0, ≤ 4.7.34 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 4.8.0, ≤ 4.8.29 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 4.9.0, ≤ 4.9.30 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 5.0.0, ≤ 5.0.26 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 5.1.0, ≤ 5.1.23 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 5.2.0, ≤ 5.2.25 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 5.3.0, ≤ 5.3.22 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 5.4.0, ≤ 5.4.20 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 5.5.0, ≤ 5.5.19 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 5.6.0, ≤ 5.6.18 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 5.7.0, ≤ 5.7.16 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 5.8.0, ≤ 5.8.14 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 5.9.0, ≤ 5.9.15 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 6.0.0, ≤ 6.0.13 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 6.1.0, ≤ 6.1.11 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 6.2.0, ≤ 6.2.10 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 6.3.0, ≤ 6.3.9 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.9 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 6.5.0, ≤ 6.5.9 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 6.6.0, ≤ 6.6.6 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 6.7.0, ≤ 6.7.6 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 6.8.0, ≤ 6.8.7 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 6.9.0, ≤ 6.9.6 (fixed in 4.7.35) | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.3 (fixed in 4.7.35)
  • wordpress< 7.0.4
Debian1 product
  • wordpressAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.10+dfsg1-0+deb13u1 | < 7.1+dfsg1-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wordpressAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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