CVE-2026-59542

HIGHPre-NVD 7.77.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-23. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 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.

Subscriber Arbitrary File Deletion in Kali Forms <= 2.4.18 versions.

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
39%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 23, 2026

Last Modified

July 23, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 23, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Arbitrary File Deletion in WordPress Kali Forms Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/kali-forms/vulnerability/wordpress-kali-forms-plugin-2-4-18-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-59542(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 20× in last 7d / 107× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 136 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-30 00:41 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-30 00:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-08-27 22:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  8. 2026-08-27 10:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-26 21:19 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-26 21:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-26 08:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  16. 2026-08-25 06:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  18. 2026-08-24 18:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-08-23 14:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-08-22 13:05 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-22 00:19 UTCEG score recompute
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  3. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-08-21 11:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-20 22:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  25. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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  30. 2026-08-14 19:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  45. 2026-08-10 13:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  49. 2026-08-09 12:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  63. 2026-08-05 18:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  74. 2026-08-02 14:09 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-08-02 14:09 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-59542?
CVE-2026-59542 is a high vulnerability published on July 23, 2026. Subscriber Arbitrary File Deletion in Kali Forms <= 2.4.18 versions.
When was CVE-2026-59542 disclosed?
CVE-2026-59542 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-59542 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-59542 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 61.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-59542?
CVE-2026-59542 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-59542?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-59542, 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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