Code injection in WordPress The Grid plugin allows command execution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
The Grid plugin for WordPress by Theme-one, from n/a through 2.8.1, has a code injection flaw (CWE-94) that allows command injection. An unauthenticated remote attacker can inject commands, with high impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Theme-one The Grid the-grid allows Command Injection.This issue affects The Grid: from n/a through 2.8.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for The Grid.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-94169
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-mx9f-gh9h-q5j2
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile
References
More ThemeOne vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-22530 WordPress The Grid plugin <= 2.8.0 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-19642 WordPress The Grid plugin <= 2.8.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-19641 WordPress The Grid plugin <= 2.8.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-19643 WordPress The Grid plugin <= 2.8.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-94169 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-94169 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mx9f-gh9h-q5j2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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