CVE-2026-60137

WordPress < 7.0.2 - Facilitated SQL Injection via author__not_in in WP_Query

At a glance

Severity: MEDIUM 5.9
Exploitation: Known exploited (CISA KEV) · added 2026-07-21
Exploited per ENISA since 2026-07-21
EPSS: EPSS 5.32 % · percentile 93 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2026-07-17
Updated: 2026-10-07
Assigner: WPScan
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

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.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	WPScan
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	NVD · contact@wpscan.com (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-89

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-45279
GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-60137

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-0904 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans WordPress · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2026-ALE-007 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans WordPress · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 6.8 < 6.8.6
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 6.9 < 6.9.5
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 7.0 < 7.0.2

Affected products

Product	Versions
WordPress · WordPress	affected 6.8.0 < 6.8.6 ; affected 6.9.0 < 6.9.5 ; affected 7.0.0 < 7.0.2

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities	CC0 1.0
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD