CVE-2026-16098

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 48.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-20.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-08-16 04:24Z20 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-18 19:25Z17 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-07-17

Assigning CNA

Wordfence

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-434Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous TypeBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

6b2c9242f9303a78bff5d6ca274b58f69195a56af75481ac64b63192dbfa7808

• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3c4a7aef-09ec-4d17-87d6-f507d64e0afa?source=cve
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/prosolution-wp-client/tags/2.0.6/includes/UploadHandler.php#L1090
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/prosolution-wp-client/tags/2.0.6/includes/UploadHandler.php#L1327
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/prosolution-wp-client/tags/2.0.6/public/class-prosolwpclient-public.php#L1033
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/prosolution-wp-client/tags/2.0.6/includes/class-prosolwpclient.php#L254
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3644463%40prosolution-wp-client&new=3644463%40prosolution-wp-client