WordPress Core SQL Injection Vulnerability

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• cpe wordpress/wordpressversion unspecified
• vendor WordPress Coreversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-60137

• Recommended remediation

  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 Aug 4, 2026.

• Official advisories

  • CISA KEV · cisa.gov
  • CVE.org · cve.org
  • FIRST EPSS · first.org
  • NIST NVD · nvd.nist.gov
  • Patchstack Database · patchstack.com
  • VulnCheck KEV · vulncheck.com

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Technology hubs

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

• Repository · github.com

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. Jul 17, 2026 · Catalog

   Detected

   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.

2. Jul 21, 2026 · CISA KEV

   Known exploited

   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

3. Aug 4, 2026 · CISA KEV

   Remediation due

   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

4. Oct 8, 2026 · Catalog

   Updated

   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.

Sources

• CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2026-60137

  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.

  cisa.gov
• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-60137

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-60137

  30-day exploitation probability 5.3%

  first.org
• Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleauxiliary_scanner/http/wordpress_wp2shell_sqli

  Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

  rapid7.com
• Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_multi/http/wp_batch_desync_rce

  Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

  rapid7.com
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-60137

  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.

  nvd.nist.gov
• Patchstack DatabaseVendor advisoryCVE-2026-60137

  WordPress 7.0.3 landed on 6 August 2026. It’s a security release with 12 different fixes covering pre-auth cross-site scripting (XSS), stored XSS, privilege escalation, information disclosure, CSS injection, an email verification bypass, and server-side request forgery. Patchstac

  patchstack.com
• VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2026-60137

  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.

  vulncheck.com

References

• Vendor Advisory · github.com
• CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · patchstack.com
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · previdian.com
• CISA note · wordpress.org
• US Government Resource · cisa.gov
• CISA note · cisa.gov
• CISA note · cisa.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · crowdsec.net
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · wiz.io
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · x.com

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.