CVE-2026-14498

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-16. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The Query Wrangler plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.57 via the 'options' parameter parameter. This is due to missing capability check and nonce verification on the wp_ajax_qw_form_ajax handler, combined with unsanitized attacker-controlled options fully replacing saved query options and being passed directly to call_user_func_array() guarded only by function_exists(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to execute code on the server. Exploitation requires only that at least one query row exists in the database, as the query_id is a small enumerable integer with no further access control.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
44%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 16, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

References (6)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-14498(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 26× in last 7d / 26× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 00:30 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 00:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 13:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 06:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 19:23 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-19 19:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-19 07:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 20:24 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 20:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 19:30 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-18 19:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-18 14:57 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-18 14:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-18 03:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-17 15:56 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-17 15:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-17 04:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-16 16:58 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-16 16:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-16 05:29 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-16 04:41 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-16 04:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-14498?
CVE-2026-14498 is a high vulnerability published on August 16, 2026. The Query Wrangler plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.57 via the 'options' parameter parameter. This is due to missing capability check and nonce verification on the wpajaxqwformajax handler, combined with unsanitized…
When was CVE-2026-14498 disclosed?
CVE-2026-14498 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 16, 2026, with the most recent update on August 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-14498 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-14498 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 56.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-14498?
CVE-2026-14498 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-14498?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-14498, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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