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Medium Actively ExploitedWordPress

CVE-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.

CVSS Base Score
5.9

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Probability
97%EPSS PERCENTILE0100

More exploitable than 97% of all CVEs · Top 3%

16%

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Details
Published
2026-07-17
Last modified
2026-07-22
Added to CISA KEV
2026-07-21
Affected
WordPress

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