CVE-2026-60137: WordPress Core SQL Injection Vulnerability

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2026-07-21. EPSS: 5.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• WordPress WordPress: from 6.8, before 6.8.6 (fixed in 6.8.6); from 6.9, before 6.9.5 (fixed in 6.9.5); from 7.0, before 7.0.2 (fixed in 7.0.2)

Published 2026-07-17. Last modified 2026-10-08.