CVE-2026-63030WordPress < 7.0.2 - REST API batch-route confusion and SQL injection issue leading to Remote Code Execution
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 10.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 21 Jul 2026
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
WordPress 6.9.x before 6.9.5 and 7.0.x before 7.0.2 is affected by a REST API batch endpoint route confusion issue which, combined with the author__not_in WP_Query SQL Injection (CVE-2026-60137), could allow an attacker to perform SQL Injection and achieve Remote Code Execution.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as WordPress Core Interpretation Conflict Vulnerability.
- Added
- 21 Jul 2026
- Fix due (US federal)
- 24 Jul 2026
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV and ENISA's EU KEV, since 21 Jul 2026.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and a Nuclei template for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules2 modules
- WordPress Core wp2shell Unauthenticated SQL Injection via REST Batch Route Confusion (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/http/wordpress_wp2shell_sqliRank normaldisclosed 17 Jul 2026
- WordPress WP2Shell REST API Batch Route Confusion SQLi to RCE (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/wp_batch_desync_rceRank excellentdisclosed 17 Jul 2026
Nuclei templates1 template
- WordPress Core 6.9-7.0.1 - Pre-Auth Batch-Route Confusion (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-63030.yamlSeverity critical
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By WPScan
Published
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WPScanCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.6% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
References
References3
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-ff9f-jf42-662q (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- https://wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wordpress-7-0-2-release/ (opens in a new tab)release-notesvendor-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-63030 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-45280 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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