WordPress Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2026-87902) Allowing Unauthorized Code Execution

WordPress released a critical patch (CVE-2026-87902) addressing a remote code execution vulnerability affecting versions 4.7.0 through 7.1.1, requiring immediate updates to prevent potential exploitation on servers with specific configurations.

WordPress has fixed a critical flaw in its core software that lets an attacker with no account make a site load a PHP file from outside its theme folders.

On some servers, that can go further, allowing the attacker to run their own code. The fix shipped on September 22 in WordPress 7.1.2, with fixes for every branch the project still supports, back to 4.7, and WordPress is telling site owners

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