CVE-2026-16623 json
Create Block Theme < 2.10.0 - Admin+ PHP Code Injection via Pattern Save (Multisite)
published 3mo ago modified 2mo ago also EUVD-2026-52579
- cvss
- 8.0
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Create Block WordPress plugin before 2.10.0 does not correctly escape user-supplied text before writing it into a generated PHP pattern file, allowing a multisite subsite administrator (who holds the capability gating this action but is denied the capability that normally gates PHP file editing) to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code on the server.
Patch / fix
- Unknown Create Block Theme 2.10.0
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 3mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/19c7fdaa-5e75-481d-884c-68fdb2fb8f8d/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 8.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Unknown Create Block Theme
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/19c7fdaa-5e75-481d-884c-68fdb2fb8f8d/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-16623
- NVD CVE-2026-16623
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