What is CVE-2026-116533?

CVE-2026-116533 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Static Snapshot, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-11-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-116533?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Static Snapshot

CVE-2026-116533

The Static Snapshot WordPress plugin through 0.2.1 does not sanitise shell metacharacters in a user-supplied value before concatenating it into operating-system commands run by the server, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the host.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2026-11-06 · last modified 2026-11-06.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (44.8th percentile), scored 2026-11-09.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

The 30-day trend appears once there are two daily scores.

Affected products

Static Snapshot

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/bdf02d4a-3775-410b-b86f-d9dc2408cf2f/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-116533?: CVE-2026-116533 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Static Snapshot, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-11-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-116533?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.