WordPress 6.8.3

WordPress 6.8.3 has 6 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2026; all 6 are fixed as of August 2026. Their average CVSS score is 5.5, and the most serious one scores 7.5 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 1 high. 2026 was the busiest year with 6 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 2 of the records (33%). Other recurring categories include Improper Restriction Of XML External Entity Reference, Missing Authorization.

Every one of the 6 issues recorded for WordPress 6.8.3 has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

5 independent researchers contributed these findings, most of them (2) reported by sibwtf.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

5.5/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 7.5CVE-2026-60137

WordPress Core 6.8 - 7.0.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via author__not_in Parameter

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Vulnerability Records

6 records


2026-07-17 00:00	WordPress Core 6.8 - 7.0.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via author__not_in Parameter WordPress 6.8.3 6.8 – < 7.0.2 · 3 branches	`CVE-2026-60137`	7.5 High	Tin Pham (TF1T)	Yes
2026-03-10 00:00	WordPress <= 6.9.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Navigation Menu Items WordPress 6.8.3 6.8 – 6.9.1 · 2 branches	`N/A`	4.4 Medium	sibwtf	Yes
2026-03-10 00:00	WordPress <= 6.9.1 - Unauthenticated Blind Server-Side Request Forgery via XML-RPC Pingback Discovery WordPress 6.8.3 6.8 – 6.9.1 · 2 branches	`N/A`	5.8 Medium	sibwtf	Yes
2026-03-10 00:00	WordPress <= 6.9.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Sensitive Information Disclosure via query-attachments AJAX Endpoint WordPress 6.8.3 6.8 – 6.9.1 · 2 branches	`N/A`	4.3 Medium	Vitaly Simonovich	Yes
2026-03-10 00:00	WordPress <= 6.9.1 - Cross-Site Scripting via Client-Side Template Override in Admin Area WordPress 6.8.3 6.8 – 6.9.1 · 2 branches	`N/A`	4.4 Medium	Asaf Mozes	Yes
2026-03-10 00:00	WordPress <= 6.9.1 - Authenticated (Author+) XML External Entity Injection via getID3 Library Media Upload WordPress 6.8.3 6.8 – 6.9.1 · 2 branches	`N/A`	6.5 Medium	Youssef Achtatal	Yes

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