WordPress < 7.0.2 - Facilitated SQL Injection via author__not_in in WP_Query

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  "id": "5fe05259195f85cecc0f4c2c4727c62c0d872e792bef8dbd11c64686ae6e25ed",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-wordpress-2026-60137",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-wordpress-2026-60137",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "wordpress",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "6.8.6",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "6.9.5",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "7.0.2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-wordpress-2026-60137",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-wordpress-2026-60137",
        "BIT-wordpress-multisite-2026-60137",
        "CVE-2026-60137"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "6.8.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6.8.6"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "6.9.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6.9.5"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "7.0.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "7.0.2"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "wordpress",
            "purl": "pkg:bitnami/wordpress",
            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
          },
          "severity": [
            {
              "type": "CVSS_V3",
              "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/wordpress/BIT-wordpress-2026-60137.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-08T09:15:02.722180481Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-fpp7-x2x2-2mjf",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60137",
        "https://wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wordpress-7-0-2-release/",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-60137"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cpes": [
          "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "Medium"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-60137",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 98829,
  "published_at": "2026-07-27T05:55:53.343+00:00"
}