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.
Published: 2026-08-04
Score: 8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-94

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title Create Block Theme < 2.10.0 - Admin+ PHP Code Injection via Pattern Save (Multisite)
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-04T17:30:47.067Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T14:59:28.691Z

Link: CVE-2026-16623

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T17:30:40.902Z

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T09:30:06Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-94

    Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')