CVE-2026-60137: WordPress Core SQL Injection Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
WordPress Core contains a SQL injection vulnerability when a plugin or theme passes untrusted input to the parameter. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2026-63030 to allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain remote code execution on default WordPress installations.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- WordPress Core contains a SQL injection vulnerability that can lead to remote code execution.
- Who is affected
- All default installations of WordPress with vulnerable plugins or themes are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and the potential for remote code execution.
- Action
- Update WordPress to the latest version.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60137
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2026-60137Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-60137 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- critical[NEW] [critical] WordPress: Multiple vulnerabilities allow code executioncert-bund
- unknownDSA-6399-1 wordpress - security updatedebian
- unknownexploitedWordPress security advisory (AV26-723) - Update 1cccs
- highexploitedCISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalogcisa
- unknownWordPress Multiple Vulnerabilitieshkcert
- unknownexploitedMultiple vulnerabilities in WordPress (July 20, 2026)cert-fr-alerte
- unknownMultiple vulnerabilities in WordPress (July 20, 2026)cert-fr-avis
- unknownNCSC-2026-0250 [1.00] [H/M] Vulnerabilities fixed in WordPress by Automatticncsc-nl
- mediumexploitedCVE-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 san…nvd
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