CVE-2026-78394

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.14.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-25. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 4.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
4.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 4.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

The Link Library WordPress plugin before 7.9.6 does not sanitize a user-supplied destination folder before writing a generated image to disk, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to create directories and write or overwrite image files anywhere the web server can write, including outside the site's document root.

The written file name is always numeric with a fixed image extension, so executable code cannot be planted this way.

CVSS v3
4.1
EG Score
4.1MEDIUMhigh confidence
EG Risk
19
EG Risk 19/100CISA SSVC

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
Severity41% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
13th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 25, 2026

Last Modified

September 25, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 25, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

Link Library < 7.9.6 – Contributor+ Path Traversal via 'filepath' Parameter | CVE 2026-78394 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9da07b4f-5332-4ba5-8a34-6f2ed303b62c/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-78394(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 19× in last 7d / 31× 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. 2026-10-04 08:35 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-04 08:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-03 06:26 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-03 06:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-02 04:17 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-02 04:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-10-01 02:02 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-01 02:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-29 23:52 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-29 23:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-29 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-28 20:10 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-28 20:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-27 17:57 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-27 17:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-26 15:48 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-26 15:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-26 00:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-25 13:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-25 13:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-25 12:54 UTCEG score recompute▲ 4.10
  2. 2026-09-25 12:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-25 12:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 4.1 · severity → MEDIUM
  4. 2026-09-25 07:28 UTCNVD update
  5. 2026-09-25 06:37 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-25 06:36 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-78394?
CVE-2026-78394 is a medium vulnerability published on September 25, 2026. The Link Library WordPress plugin before 7.9.6 does not sanitize a user-supplied destination folder before writing a generated image to disk, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to create directories and write or overwrite image files anywhere the web server can write, including…
When was CVE-2026-78394 disclosed?
CVE-2026-78394 was first published on September 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-78394 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-78394 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (13th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-78394?
CVE-2026-78394 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.1 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-78394?
No fix for CVE-2026-78394 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-78394 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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