CVE-2026-87902

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 8.1
Exploitation: Known exploited (CISA KEV) · added 2026-09-25
Exploited per ENISA since 2026-09-23
EPSS: EPSS 95.77 % · percentile 100 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2026-09-22
Updated: 2026-09-26
Assigner: hackerone
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

An unauthenticated attacker can make `get_page_template()` page-template resolution include a chosen readable local `.php` file outside the active theme directories. If relevant pre-conditions for both the server and the active theme are met, this can lead to RCE.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-98

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-84555
GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-87902

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-1216 — Vulnérabilité dans WordPress · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 4.7.37
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 4.8 < 4.8.32
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 4.9 < 4.9.33
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.0 < 5.0.29
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.1 < 5.1.26
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.2 < 5.2.28
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.3 < 5.3.25
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.4 < 5.4.23
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.5 < 5.5.22
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.6 < 5.6.21
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.7 < 5.7.19
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.8 < 5.8.17
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.9 < 5.9.18
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 6.0 < 6.0.16
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 6.1 < 6.1.14
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 6.2 < 6.2.13
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 6.3 < 6.3.12
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 6.4 < 6.4.12
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 6.5 < 6.5.12
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 6.6 < 6.6.9
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 6.7 < 6.7.9
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 6.8 < 6.8.10
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 6.9 < 6.9.9
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 7.0 < 7.0.6
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 7.1 < 7.1.2

Affected products

Product	Versions
WordPress · WordPress	affected 0 < 7.1.2

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities	CC0 1.0
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD