CVE•Published 2026-08-12•Modified 2026-08-26•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-16051
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
46
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 54% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The wpmudev-updates WordPress plugin before 5.0.1 does not verify the integrity of the packages installed through its remote management interface, nor protect those requests against replay, allowing an attacker able to obtain or replay a valid signed management request to install and execute arbitrary code (remote code execution).
Timeline
Published 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-26
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-16051Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-16051Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-16051Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-16051GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-16051" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.