CVE-2026-16297
Clearfy < 2.4.3 - Admin+ PHP Object Injection via Settings Import
The Clearfy Cache WordPress plugin before 2.4.3 does not restrict the classes allowed when unserializing settings-import data, allowing users with administrator access to perform PHP Object Injection attacks, which may lead to remote code execution when a suitable gadget chain is present in the environment.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Clearfy < 2.4.3 - Admin+ PHP Object Injection via Settings Import
The Clearfy Cache WordPress plugin before 2.4.3 does not restrict the classes allowed when unserializing settings-import data, allowing users with administrator access to perform PHP Object Injection attacks, which may lead to remote code execution when a suitable gadget chain is present in the environment.
- Record
CVE-2026-16297- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-52180
The Clearfy Cache WordPress plugin before 2.4.3 does not restrict the classes allowed when unserializing settings-import data, allowing users with administrator access to perform PHP Object Injection attacks, which may lead to remote code execution when a suitable gadget chain is present in the environment.
- Record
EUVD-2026-52180- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5953-j744-chvm
The Clearfy Cache WordPress plugin before 2.4.3 does not restrict the classes allowed when...
The Clearfy Cache WordPress plugin before 2.4.3 does not restrict the classes allowed when unserializing settings-import data, allowing users with administrator access to perform PHP Object Injection attacks, which may lead to remote code execution when a suitable gadget chain is present in the environment.
- Record
GHSA-5953-j744-chvm- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Clearfy Cache WordPress plugin before 2.4.3 does not restrict the classes allowed when unserializing settings-import data, allowing users with administrator access to perform PHP Object Injection attacks, which may lead to remote code execution when a suitable gadget chain is present in the environment.
- Record
CVE-2026-16297- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-16297 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.1) in Creative Motion Clearfy Cache, published August 3, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.