This vulnerability is highly dangerous and expected to become exploited.
This could allow a malicious actor to execute code injection, SQL injection, path traversal, denial of service, and more if a proper POP chain is present.
CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.
We advise to mitigate or resolve the vulnerability immediately.
Patchstack has issued a mitigation rule to block any attacks until you have updated to a fixed version.
Update to version 3.6.6 or later to remove the vulnerability.
29 May, 2025
Early warning sent out to Patchstack customers
29 May, 2025
Published by Patchstack
29 May, 2025