CVE-2026-40759

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-17. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection in Esmée <= 1.4 versions.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(medium)
EG Risk
41(Track)
EG Risk 41/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity81% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
24%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 17, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

PHP Object Injection in WordPress Esmée Theme - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/esme/vulnerability/wordpress-esmee-theme-1-4-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-40759(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 79× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 115 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-27 07:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-26 19:15 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-26 19:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-07-23 03:11 UTCEG score recompute
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  16. 2026-07-17 00:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  19. 2026-07-16 01:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  22. 2026-07-15 14:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-07-14 22:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-14 00:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-13 12:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  6. 2026-07-13 01:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  41. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  44. 2026-06-30 21:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  60. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  74. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-40759?
CVE-2026-40759 is a high vulnerability published on June 17, 2026. Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection in Esmée <= 1.4 versions.
When was CVE-2026-40759 disclosed?
CVE-2026-40759 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-40759 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-40759 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 75.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-40759?
CVE-2026-40759 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-40759?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-40759, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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