Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-63030

Wordpress 6.9 – 6.9.5

CISA KEVActive Exploitation
Published
17 July 2026
Modified
22 July 2026
KEV Added
21 July 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.97 99.9th percentile
Risk Priority 97 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2026-63030 is a critical-severity Interpretation Conflict (CWE-436) vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 0.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; CISA has added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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…

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Execution.

CWE(s)
KEV Date Added
21 July 2026

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1557 Adversary-in-the-Middle Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to position themselves between two or more networked devices using an adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) technique to support follow-on behaviors such as [Network Sniffing](https://attack.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-60137Same product: Wordpress Wordpressboth on KEV
CVE-2023-2745Same product: Wordpress Wordpress
CVE-2024-31211Same product: Wordpress Wordpress
CVE-2024-31210Same product: Wordpress Wordpress
CVE-2023-22622Same product: Wordpress Wordpress
CVE-2023-5561Same product: Wordpress Wordpress
CVE-2024-4439Same product: Wordpress Wordpress
CVE-2023-38000Same product: Wordpress Wordpress
CVE-2018-12895Same product: Wordpress Wordpress
CVE-2016-10033Same product: Wordpress Wordpressboth on KEV

Affected Assets

wordpress
wordpress
6.9 — 6.9.5 · 7.0 — 7.0.2

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation can discover cases where two products interpret the same inputs or state transitions differently.

Strict, consistently applied input validation reduces the chance that one product will accept data the other product rejects or interprets differently.

Applying security engineering principles during design can require unambiguous protocol and data-format specifications that eliminate divergent interpretations between products.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

DE.AE-03 partial match
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Correlating logs from multiple products can surface discrepancies caused by interpretation conflicts.

DE.CM-09 partial match
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Runtime monitoring of software behavior can detect adverse outcomes stemming from differing interpretations.

GV.SC-07 partial match
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Supplier risk assessments can identify products whose differing interpretations create systemic exposure.

PR.PS-06 partial match
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Secure SDLC practices directly reduce the chance of introducing parser or state-machine inconsistencies.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

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Secure development lifecycle can require consistent interface contracts and canonicalization rules that reduce interpretation conflicts between components.

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Explicit application security requirements can mandate unambiguous protocol and data-format specifications that prevent divergent interpretations.

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Secure architecture principles include well-defined component boundaries and shared data models that limit conflicting state perceptions.

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Secure coding standards can enforce canonical input handling and strict protocol compliance to avoid misinterpretation between products.

finds

Security testing can detect and correct cases where one component misinterprets another’s state or messages.

References