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UK Cyber Defence
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CVE-2026-3844

The Breeze Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'fetch_gravatar_from_remote' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 27.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The Breeze Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'fetch_gravatar_from_remote' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible. The vulnerability can only be exploited if "Host Files Locally - Gravatars" is enabled, which is disabled by default.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
27.70% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-434
Source
security@wordfence.com
EPSS trend
0%15%30%24 September 2026: 3.76%25 October 2026: 27.70%30 October 2026: 27.70%24 September 202630 October 2026

EPSS moved from 3.8% on 24 September 2026 to 27.7% on 30 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.