The Offload, AI & Optimize with Cloudflare Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.10.2 via the 'account-id' parameter parameter. This is due to insufficient privilege enforcement on the cf_images_do_setup AJAX handler, which requires only the upload_files capability (Author+) rather than manage_options before writing to wp-config.php, combined with the absence of single-quote escaping — sanitize_text_field() does not strip single quotes, and filter_input(INPUT_POST) bypasses wp_magic_quotes() slashing — allowing a single quote in the account-id or api-key parameter to break out of the single-quoted PHP string literal in the write_config() define() statement. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to execute code on the server. This is possible because the 'cf-images-nonce' nonce required by the AJAX handler is exposed to all Author-level and above users on wp-admin/upload.php via the CFImages JavaScript object, meaning any upload-capable user can satisfy the nonce check and reach the vulnerable wp-config.php write path.
CVE-2026-9860
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-18. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 44(Track)EG Risk 44/100SSVC: 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 computedSeverity88% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 43%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 18, 2026
Last Modified
June 18, 2026
References (6)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cf-images/tags/1.10.1/app/class-media.php#L94
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cf-images/tags/1.10.1/app/class-settings.php#L123
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cf-images/tags/1.10.1/app/class-settings.php#L75
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cf-images/tags/1.10.1/app/traits/trait-ajax.php#L36
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3564001%40cf-images&new=3564001%40cf-images&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a772041e-015e-48e8-9fab-79f1fcdb265c?source=cve
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