# CVE-2026-65640: WordPress WordPress

- Exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-17
- CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.0)
- EPSS: 1.9% (80th percentile)
- CWE: CWE-434

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.

## Edge WAF coverage (claimed by vendors, not measured)

| Vendor | Status | First rule | Days after publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Rule published | 2026-08-17 | — |
| AWS | No public claim | — | — |
| Microsoft Azure | No public claim | — | — |
| Google Cloud | No public claim | — | — |
| Fastly | Before feed history | — | — |
| F5 | No public claim | — | — |
| Akamai | No public source | — | — |
| OWASP CRS | No public claim | — | — |

### Cloudflare

- 2026-08-17 · updated · rule dcf635ab2e744e1a994443973590a4ad
  > Wordpress - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2026-65640. Previous action: Block. New action: N/A. Rule metadata description refined. Detection unchanged.
  Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-08-17-waf-release/
- 2026-08-17 · updated · rule 6ad9f2049b094c608be0f8adcfe1a93c
  > Wordpress - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2026-65640. Previous action: Block. New action: N/A. Rule metadata description refined. Detection unchanged.
  Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-08-17-waf-release/

"No public claim" means no vendor statement names this CVE; "Before feed history" means the CVE is older than the vendor feed. In both cases generic rules may still block it.

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