CVE-2026-60137: WordPress Core SQL Injection Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on , 4 days after the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 5.3%
EPSS score, percentile 92.6 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS v3.1 base score, given by the CNA
- What should I do?
CISA deadline . Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions … Full text
- Which versions are affected?
Affected
- from 6.8.0 to before 6.8.6
- from 6.9.0 to before 6.9.5
- from 7.0.0 to before 7.0.2
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by CISA
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.
CISA due date for this action: .
Advisories and patches
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
- https://wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wordpress-7-0-2-release/
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk
- 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
Affected products and versions
As listed in the CVE record.
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | from 6.8.0 to before 6.8.6 |
| Affected | from 6.9.0 to before 6.9.5 |
| Affected | from 7.0.0 to before 7.0.2 |
Versions not listed are: unaffected.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
About this vulnerability
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.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of .
- CISA added CVE-2026-60137 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 21 Jul 2026.
- CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 4 Aug 2026.
- The CVE record was published on 17 Jul 2026, 4 days before it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.9 (Medium), given by its CNA.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.3% (percentile 92.6), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of . About the data.
Description
WordPress < 7.0.2 - Facilitated SQL Injection via author__not_in in WP_Query
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.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
Weakness
- CWE-89: SQL Injection
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.
Timeline
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References
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