5.9 Medium Exploited

CVE-2026-60137 WordPress Core SQL Injection Vulnerability

Active exploitation observed

· CISA KEV catalogue

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.

Ransomware campaigns Not observed so far

Weakness 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 products and versions

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
WordPress 7.0	7.0.0 → < 7.0.2	7.0.2
WordPress 6.9	6.9.0 → < 6.9.5	6.9.5
WordPress 6.8	6.8.0 → < 6.8.6	6.8.6

References

github.com github.com
wordpress.org wordpress.org

Timeline

Published July 17, 2026
Added to the KEV catalogue July 21, 2026
Last modified October 7, 2026

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