CVE-2026-16610

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 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ef21a44-6d03-4197-b49c-d881f9831f46?source=cve
https://www.wpase.com/

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-30 05:16

Updated : 2026-07-30 16:16

NVD link : CVE-2026-16610

Mitre link : CVE-2026-16610

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-16610

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-434

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

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