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.
History

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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Title Remote Code Execution via Malicious Postscript File Upload in WordPress

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress
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Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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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.
Weaknesses CWE-434
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-17T20:55:33.162Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T15:00:06.103Z

Link: CVE-2026-65640

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-17T21:16:46.470

Modified: 2026-08-17T21:16:46.470

Link: CVE-2026-65640

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-18T00:15:03Z