WordPress 6.0.16

WordPress 6.0.16 has 18 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2012 and 2026; 17 are fixed and 1 remains unpatched as of October 2026. Their average CVSS score is 4.6, and the most serious one scores 7.2 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 1 high. 2026 was the busiest year with 15 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 3 of the records (17%). Other recurring categories include Exposure Of Sensitive Information To An Unauthorized Actor, Missing Authorization.

17 of the records (94%) have a vendor fix, while 1 remain unpatched. The oldest unresolved one dates back to 2022.

14 independent researchers contributed these findings, most of them (4) reported by Anthropic.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

4.6/ 10

Patch Coverage94%

Open

Fixed

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Most severe open issueCVSS 4.0CVE-2022-3590

WordPress Core - All known versions - Unauthenticated Blind Server Side Request Forgery

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Vulnerability Records

18 records


2026-10-07 00:00	WordPress Core 4.7.0 - 7.1.2 - Conditional Action Hook Injection via Unregistered Post Status or Post Type WordPress 6.0.16 4.7.0 – 7.1.2 · 25 branches	`N/A`	3.3 Low	Alex Concha	Yes
2026-10-07 00:00	WordPress Core 4.7.0 - 7.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Denial of Service via Block Editor URL Details WordPress 6.0.16 4.7.0 – 7.1.2 · 25 branches	`N/A`	4.3 Medium	Anthropic	Yes
2026-10-07 00:00	WordPress Core 4.7.0 - 7.1.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Unauthorized Sticky Post Modification via REST API WordPress 6.0.16 4.7.0 – 7.1.2 · 25 branches	`N/A`	4.3 Medium	Anthropic	Yes
2026-10-07 00:00	WordPress Core 4.7.0 - 7.1.2 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Comment Feeds WordPress 6.0.16 4.7.0 – 7.1.2 · 25 branches	`CVE-2026-66666`	5.3 Medium	Ananda Dhakal	Yes
2026-10-07 00:00	WordPress Core 4.7.0 - 7.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Imgur oEmbed WordPress 6.0.16 4.7.0 – 7.1.2 · 25 branches	`N/A`	6.4 Medium	Zhengyu Liu	Yes
2026-09-17 00:00	WordPress Core <= 7.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Header Image Data WordPress 6.0.16 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 6.0.16 5.8 – 7.1 · 6 branches	`N/A`	4.3 Medium	Anthropic	Yes
2026-09-17 00:00	WordPress Core <= 7.1 - Forced Theme Install/Preview and Selector Injection via Theme Installer Route WordPress 6.0.16 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 (Author+) Information Exposure via attachment_submitbox_metadata() WordPress 6.0.16 6.6.7 – 7.1 · 6 branches	`N/A`	4.3 Medium	HDWSec	Yes
2026-09-17 00:00	WordPress Core <= 7.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpautop() Blockquote Handling WordPress 6.0.16 6.6.7 – 7.1 · 6 branches	`CVE-2026-93485`	7.2 High	Rafie Muhammad	Yes

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