CVE-2026-65640

NameCVE-2026-65640
DescriptionWordPress 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1144955

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wordpress (PTS)bookworm, bookworm (security)6.1.9+dfsg1-0+deb12u1vulnerable
trixie6.8.3+dfsg1-0+deb13u1vulnerable
trixie (security)6.8.7+dfsg1-0+deb13u1vulnerable
forky, sid7.1+dfsg1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wordpresssource(unstable)7.1+dfsg1-11144955

Notes

https://wordpress.org/news/2026/08/wordpress-7-0-4-release/
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-8vr3-7mxf-gx8w

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