High severity · published Aug 17, 2026
CVE-2026-65640
WordPress is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability via malicious Postscript file upload by an Author level user or higher
8.8
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
before 7.0.4 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65640
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65640
wordpress.org
https://wordpress.org/news/2026/08/wordpress-7-0-4-release/
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