CVE-2026-16144

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-01. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.20 via the _save_data function. This is due to insufficient validation of the 'thisPermalink' field value before it overwrites a trusted callable placeholder, allowing attacker-controlled strings to reach call_user_func() in _save_data(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server. Exploitation requires the target form to define a field with a name matching one of the reserved placeholder keys ('thisPermalink', 'entryCounter', or 'submission_link'), as check_if_placeholders_changed() only processes POST keys present in the form's field_type_map.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(high)
EG Risk
37(Track)
EG Risk 37/100SSVC: 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
Severity81% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
50%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 1, 2026

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

References (12)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16144(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 28× in last 7d / 84× 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 08:38 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 08:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 20:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 07:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 19:03 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-19 19:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  9. 2026-08-19 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 15:50 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 15:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 02:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  15. 2026-08-17 13:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-17 01:23 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-17 01:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-16 12:51 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-16 12:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-16 00:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-15 11:47 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-15 11:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-14 23:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-14 10:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-13 22:12 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-13 22:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-13 09:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-12 21:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-12 17:23 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-12 17:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-12 04:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-11 16:19 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-11 16:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-08-11 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  19. 2026-08-10 15:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-10 02:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-08-09 14:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-09 01:41 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-09 01:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-08 13:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-08 00:37 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-08 00:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-07 12:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-06 23:33 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-08-06 23:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-08-06 11:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-05 22:30 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-05 22:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-08-05 09:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-04 21:27 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-08-04 21:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-08-04 08:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-03 20:20 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-03 20:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-03 19:39 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-03 19:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-03 11:39 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-03 11:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-03 10:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-08-02 23:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-02 10:32 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-08-02 10:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-02 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-08-01 22:00 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-08-01 22:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-08-01 09:28 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-08-01 08:28 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-08-01 08:27 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16144?
CVE-2026-16144 is a high vulnerability published on August 1, 2026. The Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.20 via the savedata function. This is due to insufficient validation of the 'thisPermalink' field value before it overwrites a trusted callable…
When was CVE-2026-16144 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16144 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 1, 2026, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16144 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16144 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 50.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16144?
CVE-2026-16144 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16144?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16144, 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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