--- title: WordPress Critical RCE Security Flaw a Threat to... description: A critical chained vulnerability dubbed 'wp2shell' (CVE-2026-60137 + CVE-2026-63030) affects WordPress Core versions 6.8 through 7.0.1, enabling... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/wordpress-critical-rce-security-flaw-a-threat-to-millions-of-websites-tkxrmgvg5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: WordPress Critical RCE Security Flaw a Threat to Millions of Websites | daily.dev og:description: A critical chained vulnerability dubbed 'wp2shell' (CVE-2026-60137 + CVE-2026-63030) affects WordPress Core versions 6.8 through 7.0.1, enabling... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/wordpress-critical-rce-security-flaw-a-threat-to-millions-of-websites-tkxrmgvg5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TKxRMgVg5.png og:image:alt: WordPress Critical RCE Security Flaw a Threat to Millions of Websites 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. # WordPress Critical RCE Security Flaw a Threat to Millions of Websites **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A critical chained vulnerability dubbed 'wp2shell' (CVE-2026-60137 + CVE-2026-63030) affects WordPress Core versions 6.8 through 7.0.1, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution with no plugins or user interaction required. The attack chains a SQL injection flaw (present since 6.8) with a REST API route confusion bug (introduced in 6.9) to achieve full site compromise. WordPress has issued emergency releases 6.9.5 and 7.0.2, and forced auto-updates are enabled. A working proof-of-concept appeared on GitHub within hours of the patch announcement, putting hundreds of millions of sites at immediate risk. Temporary mitigations include blocking the /wp-json/batch/v1 endpoint at the WAF (Cloudflare has deployed rules) or requiring REST API authentication, but patching is the only definitive fix. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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