CVE-2026-65640 (GCVE-0-2026-65640)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-17 20:55
Modified
2026-08-18 15:17
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Summary
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.
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