CVE-2026-16600

HIGHPre-NVD 7.77.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.7 under CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 97% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: cisa-adp, epss
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
7.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The SmartAIPress WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not perform a capability check on one of its AJAX actions and does not validate a user-supplied URL before fetching it server-side, allowing users with subscriber-level access and above to make the site retrieve arbitrary internal or external URLs and read the response, resulting in a full-read Server-Side Request Forgery.

CVSS v3
7.7
EG Score
7.7(medium)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: 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
Severity77% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 29, 2026

Last Modified

August 30, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 30, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

SmartAIPress <= 1.2.0 – Subscriber+ Server-Side Request Forgery via smartaipress_openai_upload_and_set_featured_image | CVE 2026-16600 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/66d2dc2d-fe77-4d34-bfca-d47b086a9c96/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16600(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 9× in last 7d / 9× 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. 2026-08-30 01:30 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-30 01:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-30 01:09 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.70
  5. 2026-08-30 01:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-30 01:08 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.7 · severity → HIGH
  7. 2026-08-29 06:21 UTCNVD update
  8. 2026-08-29 06:14 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-29 06:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16600?
CVE-2026-16600 is a high vulnerability published on August 29, 2026. The SmartAIPress WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not perform a capability check on one of its AJAX actions and does not validate a user-supplied URL before fetching it server-side, allowing users with subscriber-level access and above to make the site retrieve arbitrary internal or external…
When was CVE-2026-16600 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16600 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 29, 2026, with the most recent update on August 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16600 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16600 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 96.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16600?
CVE-2026-16600 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.7 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16600?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16600, 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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