September 24, 2026
- WordPress CVE-2026-87902 moves from scanning to code execution. Patchstack saw the first malicious requests at 17:44 UTC on 22 September — recon began under five hours after 7.1.2 shipped — and traffic has since risen tenfold, with a third stage that swaps
pearcmd'sconfig-showforconfig-createto write attacker-controlled files to disk. RCE needs an active theme with a top-level directory namedpage-*plus a readable local.phpfile; the official PHP Docker image and default cPanel configs on PHP before 8.5 qualify (BleepingComputer) (earlier coverage). · Vulnerabilities & Exploits - cPanel CalDAV/CardDAV flaw gives any hosting account root. cPanel lists no prerequisite beyond having an account, which on a shared server means any paying customer — or anyone with a customer's login. Fixed in 11.134.0.57 / 11.136.0.41 / 11.138.0.8 and WP Squared 11.138.1.11, with no workaround offered; a separate WP Toolkit bug lets a logged-in user modify other accounts' databases. No exploitation reported (The Hacker News). · Vulnerabilities & Exploits