Is CVE-2026-60137 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-60137?

CVE-2026-60137 has a CVSS v3 severity of CRITICAL (9.1).

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CVE-2026-60137

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.