CVE-2026-60137 (GCVE-0-2026-60137)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-17 19:14 – Updated: 2026-07-18 04:13
VLAI
Title
WordPress < 7.0.2 - Facilitated SQL Injection via author__not_in in WP_Query
Summary
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.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/se… vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wordpress-7-0-… release-notesvendor-advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
WordPress WordPress Affected: 6.8.0 , < 6.8.6 (semver)
Affected: 6.9.0 , < 6.9.5 (semver)
Affected: 7.0.0 , < 7.0.2 (semver)
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Credits
TF1T dtro haongo WordPress Security Team
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