CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-60137

5.9 MEDIUM Known exploited Published 2026-07-17 Modified 2026-10-08 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

WordPress Core SQL Injection Vulnerability — WordPress Core

WordPress Core contains a SQL injection vulnerability when a plugin or theme passes untrusted input to the parameter. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2026-63030 to allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain remote code execution on default WordPress installations.

Added to KEV
2026-07-21
Remediation due
2026-08-04
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Notes
https://wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wordpress-7-0-2-release/ ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60137
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-07-17
Last modified
2026-10-08
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-89

Description

WordPress 6.8.x before 6.8.6, 6.9.x before 6.9.5, and 7.0.x before 7.0.2 does not properly sanitise the author__not_in parameter of WP_Query, which could allow SQL Injection when a plugin or theme passes untrusted input to the parameter.

Affected configurations

• wordpress wordpress (>= 6.8 < 6.8.6) • wordpress wordpress (>= 6.9 < 6.9.5) • wordpress wordpress (>= 7.0 < 7.0.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command weakness

References