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CVE-2026-65640

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 17, 2026 at 08:55 PM UTC
Updated: September 3, 2026 at 05:14 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

WordPress· WordPressdrupal
60%
v < 7.0.4
Affected range stops below 7.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Source: cverecord
https://wordpress.org/news/2026/08/wordpress-7-0-4-release/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHhackerone
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-434

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