CVE-2026-65640 Affecting wordpress package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.95% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WORDPRESS-19002755
  • published20 Aug 2026
  • disclosed17 Aug 2026

Introduced: 17 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-65640  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:12 wordpress.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.