What is CVE-2026-115252?

CVE-2026-115252 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Confection WordPress Cable, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2026-11-09.

How severe is CVE-2026-115252?

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

RCE in Confection WordPress Cable

CVE-2026-115252

The Confection WordPress Cable WordPress plugin from 0.4.0 to 0.4.7 does not perform any capability or nonce checks before saving its settings and writing one of them, unmodified, into a standalone PHP file that it then serves, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2026-11-09 · last modified 2026-11-09.

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

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Confection WordPress Cable

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/aebe20c3-bc02-4082-bda8-bbaa01550925/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-115252?: CVE-2026-115252 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Confection WordPress Cable, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2026-11-09.
How severe is CVE-2026-115252?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.