CVE-2026-65640CWE-434unrestricted-file-upload

CVE-2026-65640

High · published August 18, 2026

CVSS v3.0
8.8
EPSS
2%
Percentile
79.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01938 · 79.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-434 · Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Published
2026-08-18T01:16Z
References (1)
https://wordpress.org/news/2026/08/wordpress-7-0-4-release/ · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 AUG 20:55Z
    WordPress is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability via malicious Postscript file upload by an Author level user or higher
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