CVE-2026-60137: WordPress Core SQL Injection Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name
WordPress Core SQL Injection Vulnerability
Vendor
WordPress
Product
Core
Added to the catalog
2026-07-21
Due date for US federal agencies
2026-08-04
Weaknesses
CWE-89
Catalog version
2026.10.30

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.

Required action (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.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

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NVD analysis

Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-07-17T20:17:27.790
Last modified
2026-10-08T10:35:47.777
Weaknesses
CWE-89

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.

MetricScoreSeverityVectorScored by
CVSS 3.15.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N[email protected] (Secondary)

References

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CVE record

Title (CNA)
WordPress < 7.0.2 - Facilitated SQL Injection via author__not_in in WP_Query
Assigner
WPScan
State
PUBLISHED
Published
2026-07-17T19:14:12.159Z
Updated
2026-10-07T18:16:21.040Z
Problem types
CWE-89 SQL Injection

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.

References

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Detection rules (SigmaHQ)

SigmaHQ rules whose own tags name this CVE. Each rule page shows the rule as its author published it.

Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

Read on 2026-11-02T23:54:25.031Z under licence d3fend-terms-of-use@f98cbc7e from https://d3fend.mitre.org/api/weakness/cwe/CWE-89.json

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Sources and licences

  • CISA

    Source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30, CC0 1.0. Use of this data does not imply endorsement by CISA or DHS.

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  • National Vulnerability Database (NIST)

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  • CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation

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    CVE Program Terms of Use ("CVE Usage" licence)

  • SigmaHQ

    "WordPress Wp2shell Exploitation Tool User-Agent" by Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2026/Exploits/CVE-2026-63030/web_exploit_cve_2026_63030_wp2shell_tool_useragent.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

  • SigmaHQ

    "WordPress Wp2shell REST Batch Endpoint Exploitation" by Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2026/Exploits/CVE-2026-63030/web_exploit_cve_2026_63030_batch_rest_route_abuse.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

  • SigmaHQ

    "WordPress Wp2shell Webshell Plugin Access" by Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2026/Exploits/CVE-2026-63030/web_exploit_cve_2026_63030_webshell_plugin_access.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2026-60137: WordPress Core SQL Injection Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-3a0aebc76529, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2026-60137 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-10-08T10:35:47.777.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2026-10-07T18:16:21.040Z.
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule a7c4e2f9-1b38-4d5c-9e72-3f4a5b6c7d8e, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule b8d5f301-2c49-4e6d-af83-4a5b6c7d8e9f, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule c9e6f412-3d50-4f7e-bf94-5b6c7d8e9f0a, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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