onyx --cves cve-2026-60137
CVE-2026-60137
- score
- 9.6
- cvss
- 5.9
- epss
- 5.3%
- published
- 2026-07-17
- kev added
- 2026-07-21
- first seen
WordPress 6.8.x < 6.8.6, 6.9.x < 6.9.5, and 7.0.x < 7.0.2 contain a SQL injection caused by improper sanitization of the author__not_in parameter in WP_Query, letting attackers execute arbitrary SQL commands, exploit requires untrusted input passed by plugins or themes.
Timeline
How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.
- Published
- Added to CISA KEV
- First GitHub repository gichirimaku/wp2shell-PoC — CVE-2026-63030 + CVE-2026-60137 exploit RCE chain. · new repository
- Tracked by Onyx
- Public PoC
Community
1 mentions this week · GH 1
GitHub repositories 1
Exploit availability
Public PoC flagged by vulnx; no direct exploit link among the citations.
Weaknesses
References 15
- https://wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wordpress-7-0-2-release/
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60137
- https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wordpress/vulnerability/wordpress-core-7-0-2-unauthenticated-sql-injection-vulnerability
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-fpp7-x2x2-2mjf
- https://www.recordedfuture.com/blog/september-2026-cve-landscape
- https://www.greynoise.io/blog/open-season-on-kapibala-attacker-steals-government-records-wordpress-exploitation
- https://www.acn.gov.it/portale/documents/20119/1300791/Operational_Summary_lug26_CLEAR.pdf/88b05799-3e4c-f3ed-4a42-d9e68e080604?t=1787220905144
- https://www.crowdsec.net/vulntracking-report/cve-2026-63030-wordpress-wp2shell-sqli-to-rce
- https://www.wiz.io/blog/wp2shell-cve-2026-63030-cve-2026-60137
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-60137
- https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/outbreak-alert/wp2shell-rce
- https://x.com/kmkz_security/status/2079212253434323246
- https://previdian.com/CVE-2026-60137