CVE-2026-16610

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-07-30. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 8.9.0 via the recursive_html function. This is due to the frontend save handler enforces only a publicly emitted nonce with no authentication check, CAPTCHA validation is bypassable by omitting an attacker-supplied key, and repeater row keys from cfgroup[input] are stored verbatim and later spliced into an eval() call in recursive_html without any sanitization or identifier validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server. This requires the [post_cf_form] shortcode to be present on at least one publicly accessible page, as the nonce and session ID needed to reach the vulnerable save handler are emitted to unauthenticated visitors by that shortcode.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
59(Track)
EG Risk 59/100SSVC: 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
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
44%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 30, 2026

Last Modified

July 30, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 30, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) for WordPress

https://www.wpase.com/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16610(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 13× in last 7d / 13× 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. 2026-07-31 01:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-30 21:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-30 16:29 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-30 16:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-30 15:40 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-30 15:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-30 14:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-30 13:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-30 09:24 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-30 09:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-30 05:21 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-30 04:23 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-30 04:21 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16610?
CVE-2026-16610 is a critical vulnerability published on July 30, 2026. The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 8.9.0 via the recursivehtml function. This is due to the frontend save handler enforces only a publicly emitted nonce with no authentication check, CAPTCHA…
When was CVE-2026-16610 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16610 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16610 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16610 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 55.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16610?
CVE-2026-16610 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16610?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16610, 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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