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WordPress Core 6.8 — 7.0.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via author__not_in Parameter

CVE-2026-60137Published Jul 17, 2026 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Affected: <7.0.2Update to 6.8.6 or 6.9.5 or 7.0.2 or newer

Fixed versions are per release branch: update to the fix for the branch you run.

All remediation steps

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Public PoC

High7.5CVSS 3.17.5CISA KEVListedAccessNo account needed

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Overview

Advisory ID: CVE-2026-60137
Product: WordPress wordpress
Affected: <7.0.2
Fixed in: 6.8.6, 6.9.5, 7.0.2
Weakness: CWE-89 SQL Injection
Required access: No account needed
Published: Jul 17, 2026 · updated Nov 13, 2026
Credit: Tin Pham (TF1T), Trong Pham (dtro), haongo
Source: Wordfence Intelligence

Affected< 7.0.2
Patched in6.8.6 / 6.9.5 / 7.0.2

7.5

CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What does this vector mean?

AV:N Attack vector: Network
AC:L Attack complexity: Low
PR:N Privileges required: None
UI:N User interaction: None
S:U Scope: Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality: High
I:N Integrity: None
A:N Availability: None

WordPress Core is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the 'author__not_in' parameter in versions 6.8 - 7.0.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

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Remediation & mitigations

Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 6.8.6, 6.9.5, 7.0.2
Because this CVE is listed in CISA KEV, review the site for signs of compromise: unknown administrator accounts, new PHP files under wp-content/uploads, and unexpected redirects.
Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.

References & provenance

Proof-of-concept & detection

This CVE is listed in CISA KEV. VulnCrest does not publish proof-of-concept code for KEV-listed vulnerabilities.

UnreviewedGitHubh4cd0c/wp2shell
UnreviewedGitHubmrmtwoj/Fix-CVE-2026-60137-CVE-2026-63030-in-wordpress
UnreviewedGitHubColere-Sys/wp2shell-poc
UnreviewedGitHubAdarshThakur14777-cyber/CVE-2026-60137
UnreviewedGitHubnorthsia/CVE-2026-60137-With-Skip-SSL
UnreviewedGitHubDungsocool/CVE-2026-60137_CVE-2026-63030
UnreviewedGitHubmichael-kanda/Wp2shell-ioc-scanner
UnreviewedGitHubAbdullahMaqbool22/CVE-2026-60137-WordPress-Core-SQL-Injection-PoC
UnreviewedGitHubsaretawa/wp2blind
UnreviewedGitHubivanesk315/CVE-2026-60137-and-CVE-2026-63030

Third-party code, not reviewed by VulnCrest. Fake PoC repositories regularly contain malware. Read the code before running anything, and only run it against a lab you own.

Advisories & patches

Advisorywordfence.com

Timeline

Jul 17, 2026
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Nov 13, 2026
Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record

Vulnerability data: Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
KEV status: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (CC0 1.0).

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