An unauthenticated attacker can make get_page_template() page-template resolution include a chosen readable local .php file outside the active theme directories. If relevant pre-conditions for both the server and the active theme are met, this can lead to RCE.
CVE-2026-87902
“▲” beside the score: it is higher than the CVSS score beside it.
Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-09-25), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. It is also listed on ENISA's EU Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue (Source: ENISA EUVD). CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 8.1 retained for reference (NVD's own analysis pending). The 9.0 is the floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: this CVE's impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 8.1 HIGH under CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1. Confidence: HIGH.
Also known asEUVD-2026-84555 (ENISA EUVD)Source: ENISA EUVD
- 294 internet-facing services (distinct ip:port) on record running an affected version — derived from Shodan data (© Shodan); a patched service can stay counted while its port stays open
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV) — the reason this is sooner than the SSVC decision on this page at low or medium mission impact
A fix is available — apply it.
294 internet-facing services (distinct ip:port) on record running a version that maps to CVE-2026-87902, in our KEV-Exposure radar’s Shodan-derived sample.
How it counts: every 12 hours, when Shodan query credits allow, the radar runs one Shodan query per tracked product, reads up to 100 ip:port services per query, and keeps a service when its banner version matches a CISA-KEV or high-EPSS CVE; a service is dropped when neither a search nor a Shodan InternetDB port re-check has refreshed it for 21 days. A re-check that finds the port still listed by Shodan InternetDB refreshes the service without re-reading the banner, so a patched service can stay counted while its port stays open. A count is a banner-version inference over a sample, not an exploit test and not an internet-wide census, and the unit is a service, not a machine: a machine answering on two ports counts twice.
- CVSS v3
- 8.1
- EG Score
- 9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 76EG Risk 76/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity81% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 8.1 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation100% × 40%Fixed at 100% for a CISA KEV listing: EchelonGraph's rule.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact. - EPSS PROB
- 96%
- EPSS %ILE
- 99th
- KEV
- ⚠ Exploited
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (9.0): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.0 is the CISA KEV floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: its impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 8.1 HIGH.
- EG Severity
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 · CVSS v3.1
- EG Likelihood
- 96% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-01). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- CISA KEV and ENISA EU KEV (Source: ENISA EUVD) and EG-KEV Tier 1 (exploited in the wild)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Attend at medium mission impactTrack at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
ENISA EU KEV: listed September 23, 2026, reported by NCSC-NL.
Source: ENISA EUVD (EU Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue), reproduced with acknowledgement. How a listing moves the EG score
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.
Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV yes (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
CISA required action“Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.”
Quoted verbatim from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CISA directs it at US federal civilian executive branch agencies under Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04, which replaced BOD 22-01 on 10 June 2026; it is not EchelonGraph's advice. CISA's notes: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-7hp8-65ch-5whp · https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk · https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk · https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87902
Published
September 22, 2026
Last Modified
September 28, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Nov 2, 2026Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-87902CVE-2026-87902: Attackers Started Probing WordPress Sites Hours After the Patch - Patchstack
https://patchstack.com/articles/cve-2026-87902-attackers-started-probing-wordpress-sites-hours-after-the-patch/Unauthenticated path traversal in page-template resolution leading to conditional RCE · Advisory · WordPress/wordpress-develop · GitHub
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-7hp8-65ch-5whpAffected Packages
(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | 6.1.1+dfsg1-1 ... 7.1.2+dfsg1-1 (30 versions) |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | 6.8.1+dfsg1-1, 6.8.3+dfsg1-0+deb13u1, 6.8.3+dfsg1-1, 6.8.6+dfsg1-0+deb13u1, 6.8.7+dfsg1-0+deb13u1 |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | 6.8.1+dfsg1-1 ... 7.1.1+dfsg1-1 (9 versions) |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 56× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
- 2026-11-02 13:11 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-10-30 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
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- 2026-10-25 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
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- 2026-10-25 13:46 UTCENISA EU KEV listingEUVD-2026-84555 · listed September 23, 2026 · reported by NCSC-NL · Source: ENISA EUVD
- 2026-10-24 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 40% · 98th percentile
- 2026-10-24 16:01 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 22% · 97th percentile
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- 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.9% · 86th percentile
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- 2026-09-23 07:14 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-22 17:10 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 8.1 HIGH
- 2026-09-22 17:08 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.1 · severity → HIGH
- 2026-09-22 16:51 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-22 16:49 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
Publicly available exploits
(14 references, 10 shown)Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Exploit-DB entry, 11 GitHub PoCs), as are 1 Nuclei detection template, 1 GitHub checker repository. A detection template checks whether a system is affected; it is not necessarily exploit code. A GitHub repository named or described as a checker or scanner checks whether a system is affected; it is not necessarily exploit code. Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.
- Exploit-DBEDB-52690Published Oct 1, 2026
WordPress 7.0.2 - Path Travesal
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCtonydelouvre/CVE-2026-87902Published Sep 29, 2026
XWP_RCE — CVE-2026-87902 Hacker Console
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCHackfutSecRoot/CVE-2026-87902Published Sep 28, 2026
CVE-2026-87902 — WordPress Core LFI → RCE by Hackfut
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCMaalfer/CVE-2026-87902-exploitPublished Sep 27, 2026
Exploit para explotar la vulnerabilidad CVE-2026-87902 que se acontece en el core de WordPress
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCcrowsec-edtech/CVE-2026-87902Published Sep 25, 2026
Proof of concept for vulnerability CVE-2026-87902 in Wordpress
Open source ↗ - GitHub checkerynsmroztas/WPSniperPublished Sep 23, 2026
CVE-2026-87902 detector. WordPress get_page_template LFI class. Detect-only. Authorized lab.
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCbhideki/CVE-2026-87902Published Sep 23, 2026
CVE-2026-87902: PoC for WordPress's critical path traversal
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCdinosn/cve-2026-87902-wordpress-lfi-labPublished Sep 23, 2026
Reproduction lab + URL-list scanner + PoC for CVE-2026-87902 / GHSA-7hp8-65ch-5whp — WordPress get_page_template() unauthenticated LFI to conditional RCE (WP 4.7.0-7.1.1, fixed 7.1.2). Authorized/defensive testing.
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCHassham1/CVE-2026-87902Published Sep 23, 2026
WordPress Core <= 7.1.1 unauthenticated LFI to RCE - validation lab, PoC, nuclei template (GHSA-7hp8-65ch-5whp)
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCtc4dy/CVE-2026-87902-ToolkitPublished Sep 23, 2026
CVE-2026-87902 – WordPress Core LFI→RCE Toolkit (CVSS 9.2) - Red/Blue Team suite for WordPress 4.7–7.1.1. 🛠️ 2 tools: Full Exploit (LFI, PEAR RCE, admin create, webshell, reverse shell, loot, mass scan, stealth) & SafeChecker (version detect, risk audit, JSON report). 🔨 Use Ethically & Authorized Enviorement, Stay Legal <3
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