CVE-2026-87902 (GCVE-0-2026-87902)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-22 16:44 – Updated: 2026-09-26 03:55- CWE-98 - Remote File Inclusion
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/se… | |
| https://patchstack.com/articles/cve-2026-87902-at… | third-party-advisory |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
Scope
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-98 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | Core |
| Due Date | 2026-09-28 |
| Date Added | 2026-09-25 |
| Vendorproject | WordPress |
| Vulnerabilityname | WordPress Core Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
ENISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
Scope
Evidence
Type: Csirt Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 75%
Source: enisa-cnw-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-98 |
|---|---|
| Euvd | EUVD-2026-84555 |
| Notes | https://www.ncsc.nl/alerts/kwetsbaarheid-in-wordpress-wordt-actief-misbruikt-update-nu |
| Catalog | ENISA / EU CSIRTs Network (CNW) KEV JSON |
| Product | WordPress |
| Datereported | 2026/09/23 |
| Originsource | NCSC-NL |
| Patchedsince | 2026/09/22 |
| Vendorproject | WordPress Foundation |
| Exploitationtype | unknown |
| Vulnerabilityname | |
| Threatactorsexploiting |
References
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
Scope
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: previdian
Details
| Feed | Previdian (previdian.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | An unauthenticated attacker can make `get_page_template()` page-template resolution include a chosen readable local `.php` file outside the active... |
| Cve Id | CVE-2026-87902 |
| Vendor | WordPress |
| Ghsa Id | None |
| Product | WordPress |
| Added Date | 2026-09-23T12:53:51.266Z |
| Cvss Score | 8.1 |
| Epss Score | 0.19756 |
| Previous Ids | |
| Cvss Severity | HIGH |
| Virtual Patch | False |
| Cvss Estimated | False |
| Epss Percentile | 0.97331 |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Vulnerability Id | CVE-2026-87902 |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev |
|
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.