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Unauthenticated RCE in WordPress core (wp2shell), via SQL injection

calendar_today July 17, 2026 domain aikido-security

WordPress core has an unauthenticated RCE (wp2shell), confirmed as SQL injection. Update to 7.0.2 or 6.9.5 now, with mitigations if you can’t patch yet. Block the attack class at runtime with Aikido Zen.

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