CVE-2026-65640

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.

Published 17 Aug 2026, 21:16 UTC Last modified 17 Aug 2026, 21:16 UTC

8.8

CVSS 3.0 HIGH base score CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack profile

The conditions required to exploit this vulnerability and its potential impact.

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Exploitability2.8

Impact5.9

Affected products

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NVD has not published structured affected-product data for this record.

Weakness classification

CWE categories help security teams group the underlying software weakness.

CWECWE-434

Source references

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NVD National Vulnerability Database recordnvd.nist.gov 01 Technical reference support@hackerone.com