WordPress 6.0.15

WordPress 6.0.15 has 13 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2012 and 2026; all 13 are fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 4.8, and the most serious one scores 8.1 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 2 high. 2026 was the busiest year with 11 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Exposure Of Sensitive Information To An Unauthorized Actor, behind 3 of the records (23%). Other recurring categories include Missing Authorization, Cross-Site Scripting.

Every one of the 13 issues recorded for WordPress 6.0.15 has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

11 independent researchers contributed these findings, most of them (2) reported by Anthropic.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

4.8/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 8.1CVE-2026-87902

WordPress Core <= 7.1.1 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion via locate_template() Path Traversal

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Vulnerability Records

13 records


2026-09-22 00:00	WordPress Core <= 7.1.1 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion via locate_template() Path Traversal WordPress 6.0.15 4.7 – 7.1.1 · 25 branches	`CVE-2026-87902`	8.1 High	Robert Ressl	Yes
2026-09-17 00:00	WordPress Core <= 7.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Header Image Data WordPress 6.0.15 6.6.7 – 7.1 · 6 branches	`N/A`	4.4 Medium	Jeremy Felt	Yes
2026-09-17 00:00	WordPress Core <= 7.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Path Traversal via REST Templates Controller WordPress 6.0.15 5.8 – 7.1 · 6 branches	`N/A`	4.3 Medium	Anthropic	Yes
2026-09-17 00:00	WordPress Core <= 7.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Information Exposure via attachment_submitbox_metadata() WordPress 6.0.15 6.6.7 – 7.1 · 6 branches	`N/A`	4.3 Medium	HDWSec	Yes
2026-09-17 00:00	WordPress Core <= 7.1 - Forced Theme Install/Preview and Selector Injection via Theme Installer Route WordPress 6.0.15 6.6.7 – 7.1 · 6 branches	`N/A`	4.3 Medium	Paulos Yibelo	Yes
2026-09-17 00:00	WordPress Core <= 7.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Missing Authorization to Network Plugin Activation (Multisite) WordPress 6.0.15 6.6.7 – 7.1 · 6 branches	`N/A`	2.7 Low	Jesse McNeil	Yes
2026-09-17 00:00	WordPress Core <= 7.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpautop() Blockquote Handling WordPress 6.0.15 6.6.7 – 7.1 · 6 branches	`CVE-2026-93485`	7.2 High	Rafie Muhammad	Yes
2026-09-17 00:00	WordPress Core <= 7.1 - Missing Authorization to customize_changeset Write via XML-RPC (Multisite/Custom Role edit_css Bypass) WordPress 6.0.15 6.6.7 – 7.1 · 6 branches	`N/A`	5.5 Medium	Ben Bidner	Yes
2026-09-17 00:00	WordPress Core <= 7.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Post Overwrite WordPress 6.0.15 6.6.7 – 7.1 · 6 branches	`N/A`	4.3 Medium	Anthropic	Yes
2026-09-17 00:00	WordPress Core <= 7.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Missing Authorization to Comment/Note Reparenting via REST API WordPress 6.0.15 6.6.7 – 7.1 · 6 branches	`N/A`	4.3 Medium	viridis	Yes

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