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CVE-2026-60137 KEVPublic exploit Medium · 5.9 EPSS 5.3%

WordPress Core SQL Injection Vulnerability

WordPress · Core

Summary

The WordPress Core component WP_Query does not properly sanitise its author__not_in parameter in WordPress 6.8.x before 6.8.6, 6.9.x before 6.9.5, and 7.0.x before 7.0.2. An unauthenticated remote attacker could inject SQL when a plugin or theme passes untrusted input into that parameter, provided the attack is not blocked by a network-level control that would make it hard to exploit.

Official description · NVD

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.

Breakdown
74.5 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in CISA KEV
Reports
1
Tactics
2/15

How an attack unfolds

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  1. How attackers get in

  2. What they do

First seen exploited the day it was disclosed. Public exploit code (Metasploit) was available the same day.

  1. Named in a threat reportresearch.eye.security12 mo before
  2. DisclosedFirst seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidencePublic exploit codeMetasploitday 0
  3. Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees+4 days

CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.

techniques

2 , grouped by in kill-chain order, 2 cited passages 2

Initial AccessTA0001

Exploit Public-Facing Application T1190 Medium
AI mapping from the description · how it is exploited

SQL injection via public-facing web app parameter

does not properly sanitise the author__not_in parameter of WP_Query
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CollectionTA0009

Data from Local System T1005 Medium
AI mapping from the description · primary impact

SQL injection enables reading database data

could allow SQL Injection when a plugin or theme passes untrusted input
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Detection

3 rules for this CVE · 163 general rules for its techniques

Rules for this CVE

3 that reference CVE-2026-60137 directly.

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What security researchers reported

Named in 1 threat report
1 reportresearch.eye.securityJul 2025

Reports are matched by finding the exact id CVE-2026-60137 in their text; nobody has reviewed the match. One passage is shown per report, at most 320 characters, linked to the original.

Also mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

References

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