--- title: Unauthenticated RCE in WordPress core (wp2shell). Patch now! description: WordPress has an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability (dubbed wp2shell) affecting versions 6.9.0–6.9.4 and 7.0.0–7.0.1, rooted in a REST API... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/unauthenticated-rce-in-wordpress-core-wp2shell-patch-now--eeq6zdffi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Unauthenticated RCE in WordPress core (wp2shell). Patch now! | daily.dev og:description: WordPress has an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability (dubbed wp2shell) affecting versions 6.9.0–6.9.4 and 7.0.0–7.0.1, rooted in a REST API... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/unauthenticated-rce-in-wordpress-core-wp2shell-patch-now--eeq6zdffi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EEq6zDFFI.png og:image:alt: Unauthenticated RCE in WordPress core (wp2shell). Patch now! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Unauthenticated RCE in WordPress core (wp2shell). Patch now! **[Aikido Security](https://daily.dev/sources/aikido-security)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary WordPress has an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability (dubbed wp2shell) affecting versions 6.9.0–6.9.4 and 7.0.0–7.0.1, rooted in a REST API batch-route SQL injection at /wp-json/batch/v1. Emergency patches are available in 7.0.2 and 6.9.5, with WordPress.org enabling forced auto-updates due to severity. Over 500 million sites are potentially exposed. Temporary mitigations include blocking the batch REST endpoint at the WAF, restricting unauthenticated REST API access via a plugin, or adding a must-use plugin requiring authentication on the batch route. A checker tool is available at wp2shell.com to test exposure. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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