Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-65481 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-65481 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-65481?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 23 July 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Elated-Themes Vino <= 1.9.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-65481?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-65481 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-65481?
- Check whether you run Elated-Themes Vino at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability exists in the Elated-Themes Vino theme for WordPress (versions 1.9 and below) due to improper validation of user-supplied input used in PHP 'include' or 'require' statements (CWE-98). An attacker with Contributor-level privileges can exploit this flaw to include and execute local files on the server. This can lead to the disclosure of sensitive information, such as the wp-config.php file containing database credentials. The attack requires network access and authenticated Contributor-level permissions. As of the advisory date, no official patch is available.
Affected products
- Elated-Themes Vino <= 1.9
Timeline
- 2026-01-27: other: Vulnerability reported by researcher
- 2026-07-22: advisory: Patchstack published advisory
- 2026-07-23: disclosed: NVD publication date