CVE•Published 2026-08-03•Modified 2026-08-26•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-16060
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
39
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 61% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress plugin through 4.3000000027 does not correctly validate the contents of an uploaded archive, relying on a bypassable check that lets an Editor-level user upload a server-executable file into a public directory, resulting in remote code execution on servers configured to execute it.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-03
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-2026-16060Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-16060Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-16060Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-16060GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-16060" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (2)
CVE-2026-160602 repos