What is CVE-2025-26970?

CVE-2025-26970 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Arktheme The Ark, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2025-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2025-26970?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.

RCE in Arktheme The Ark

CVE-2025-26970

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in FRESHFACE Ark Theme Core ark-core allows Code Injection.This issue affects Ark Theme Core: from n/a through < 1.71.0.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2025-03-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Arktheme The Ark
Freshface Ark Theme Core — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/ark-core/vulnerability/wordpress-ark-t… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-26970?: CVE-2025-26970 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Arktheme The Ark, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2025-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2025-26970?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.