CVE-2026-63030 and CVE-2026-60137 form the wp2shell pre-auth RCE chain in WordPress Core. Exploitation confirmed. Patches in WordPress 7.0.2 and 6.9.5.

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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.

Two WordPress Core vulnerabilities could be chained together to gain remote code execution. Public exploits are available and exploitation has been observed. Upgrade ASAP.

The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6399 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6399-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso     July 23, 2026                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : wordpress     CVE ID         : CVE-2026-60137     Debian Bug     : 1142510

    It was discovered that wordpress, a web blogging tool, was prone to a     SQL injection vulnerability.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in     version 6.8.6+dfsg1-0+deb13u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress packages.

    For the detailed security status of wordpress please refer to its     security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/wordpress

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to its self-reported version number, the detected WordPress application is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A REST API batch-route confusion and SQL injection issue leading to Remote Code Execution

- Facilitated SQL injection vulnerability in the `author__not_in` parameter of `WP_Query`

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

WordPress versions 6.9.x < 6.9.5 and 7.0.x < 7.0.2 are vulnerable to a REST API batch-route confusion weakness, which combined with an SQL injection issue leads to Remote Code Execution.

WordPress versions 7.0 < 7.0.2 are affected by one or more vulnerabilities

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
329265	Debian dsa-6399 : wordpress - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	critical
115317	WordPress 7.0.x < 7.0.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	Version Based	critical
115316	WordPress 6.9.x < 6.9.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	Version Based	critical
115315	WordPress 6.9.x < 6.9.5 / 7.0.x < 7.0.2 SQL Injection (wp2shell)	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	Check Based	critical
327666	WordPress 7.0 < 7.0.2	Nessus	CGI abuses	Remote	critical

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