CVE-2026-16940

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

0.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 47.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

10.0 (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:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-26.

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

2026-08-05 06:00Z2 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-06 15:11Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-07-24

Assigning CNA

WPScan

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 10.0)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

b2310a3d91aac5ddb448e5be054d144c0903e575bdcd33178b67570ad0a3f5ce

• wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a315a6ac-3ffb-4735-92ca-6e85338f8807/exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description