WordPress 4.8.29

WordPress 4.8.29 has 9 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2012 and 2026; all 9 are fixed as of August 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.7, and the most serious one scores 8.8 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 4 high. 2021 was the busiest year with 2 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Deserialization Of Untrusted Data, behind 1 of the records (11%). Other recurring categories include Exposure Of Sensitive Information To An Unauthorized Actor, Insufficient Verification Of Data Authenticity.

Every one of the 9 issues recorded for WordPress 4.8.29 has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

7 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

6.7/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 8.8CVE-2026-65640

WordPress Core <= 7.0.3 - Authenticated (Author+) Remote Code Execution via Malicious File Upload

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Vulnerability Records

9 records


2026-08-12 00:00	WordPress Core <= 7.0.3 - Authenticated (Author+) Remote Code Execution via Malicious File Upload WordPress 4.8.29 4.7.0 – 7.0.3 · 24 branches	`CVE-2026-65640`	8.8 High	pwn.ai Team	Yes
2024-04-04 00:00	WordPress Core <= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect_guess_404_permalink WordPress 4.8.29 <= 6.4.3	`CVE-2023-5692`	5.3 Medium	Francesco Carlucci	Yes
2021-11-25 00:00	WordPress Core < 5.8 - Dependency Confusion WordPress 4.8.29 <= 5.7.5	`CVE-2021-44223`	8.1 High	Kamil Vavra	Yes
2021-11-10 00:00	WordPress Core < 5.8.2 - ca-bundle.crt contains expired certificate DST Root CA X3 WordPress 4.8.29 5.2 – 5.8.1 · 8 branches	`N/A`	5.3 Medium	Anonymous	Yes
2019-02-19 00:00	WordPress Core <= 5.0.3 - Path Traversal and Local File Inclusion WordPress 4.8.29 <= 5.0.2	`CVE-2019-8943`	6.5 Medium	Wilfried Becard	Yes
2018-08-16 00:00	WordPress Core < 4.9 - Insecure Deserialization WordPress 4.8.29 < 4.9	`CVE-2017-1000600`	8.8 High	Sam Thomas	Yes
2018-02-05 00:00	WordPress Core < 5.0 - Denial of Service WordPress 4.8.29 < 5.0	`CVE-2018-6389`	7.5 High	Barak Tawily	Yes
2017-05-03 00:00	Wordpress Core < 5.5 - Unauthorized Password Reset via Interception WordPress 4.8.29 < 5.5	`CVE-2017-8295`	5.9 Medium	Dawid Golunski	Yes
2012-06-20 00:00	WordPress Core - Informational < 6.8 - Weak Hashing Algorithm WordPress 4.8.29 < 6.8	`CVE-2012-6707`	3.7 Low	Anonymous	Yes

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