CVE-2026-40500
Low risk· EPSS 31%Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk31th percentile - higher than 31% of all known CVEs
Summary
CVE-2026-40500 has been rejected by its CVE Numbering Authority. The reported SSRF vulnerability in the 'Add Module from URL' feature does not pose a real threat because it requires superuser privileges (root-equivalent in ProcessWire) who already has unrestricted arbitrary code execution via standard module upload. The feature is disabled by default and requires direct filesystem access to enable.
Risk Assessment
No risk for the organization – the vulnerability has been rejected and poses no threat.
Recommendation
No action required. This CVE ID should be ignored.
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Original NVD description (English source)
Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority. The "Add Module from URL" feature requires superuser privileges (root-equivalent in ProcessWire) who already has unrestricted arbitrary code execution via standard module upload, making the SSRF vector incapable of providing incremental attack surface. The feature is also disabled by default and requires direct filesystem access to enable.