SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2026-16623

The Create Block WordPress plugin before 2.10.0 does not correctly escape user-supplied text before writing it into a generated PHP pattern file, allowing a multisite subsite administrator (who holds the capability gating this action but is denied the…

HIGH 8.0EPSS 0.23%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The Create Block WordPress plugin before 2.10.0 does not correctly escape user-supplied text before writing it into a generated PHP pattern file, allowing a multisite subsite administrator (who holds the capability gating this action but is denied the capability that normally gates PHP file editing) to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code on the server.

CVSS 3.1
8.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.23% probability · 14th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-94
Source
contact@wpscan.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.