WP2Shell Exploit Chain: Anatomy of a Sophisticated WordPress Attack

WP2Shell is a critical WordPress Core exploit chain disclosed in July 2026 that can enables pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) on vulnerable WordPress installations. The chain is particularly significant from a threat-intelligence perspective because it removes the requirement for an attacker to first obtain valid credentials or authenticate to the target application. The exploitation chain leverages two WordPress Core vulnerabilities CVE-2026-63030 and CVE-2026-60137 which can be ch