WordPress Core SQL Injection Vulnerability

WordPress Core

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. Can be chained with CVE-2026-63030. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-07-21 (federal deadline 2026-08-04).

First seen: 21 Jul 2026
Last update: 21 Jul 2026, 12:00 UTC
Identifiers: CVE-2026-60137
CVE-2026-63030
Source: CISA KEV
On the menu as: WordPress

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## WordPress Core SQL Injection Vulnerability
Severity: high, exploited in the wild. Patch status: patched.
Affected: WordPress Core
Ids: CVE-2026-60137, CVE-2026-63030

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. Can be chained with CVE-2026-63030. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-07-21 (federal deadline 2026-08-04).

## Steps
1. Search the repo, its CI and infra config for WordPress Core. If present, report the version in use and whether it's affected.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

If you have the pwned.coffee MCP server (https://pwned.coffee/mcp), call lookup_cve("CVE-2026-60137") for the latest, and check_repo with this repo's lockfiles, Dockerfiles and workflows for a full receipt.
Sources: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60137 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63030 https://wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wordpress-7-0-2-release/
https://pwned.coffee/i/wordpress-core-sql-injection-vulnerability

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