The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added CVE-2026-119977, a WordPress WordPress Core Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Vulnerability, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on November 3, 2026. CISA adds a flaw to the catalog when it has reliable evidence that attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What CISA says
WordPress WordPress Core contains a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server during the upgrade window. This is due to predictable, web-accessible staging paths used during full-package core upgrades.
— CISA KEV catalog entry for CVE-2026-119977
Key facts
| CVE | CVE-2026-119977 |
|---|---|
| Vendor / product | WordPress Core |
| Added to KEV | November 3, 2026 |
| Federal deadline | November 6, 2026 |
| Known ransomware use | Unknown |
| Weakness (CWE) | CWE-367 |
| CISA forensic triage | Yes |
| CVSS base score (NVD) | 8.1 High |
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Who has to act, and by when
US federal civilian executive branch agencies are required to remediate the vulnerability by November 6, 2026. CISA urges all organizations to prioritize KEV-listed flaws as part of their vulnerability management.
CISA’s required action for this entry:
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
References
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- NIST NVD — CVE-2026-119977 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119977
- wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/news/2026/10/wordpress-7-1-4
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-core/wordpress-core-470-713-unauthenticated-upgrade-window-staged-installer-remote-code-execution
- www.cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk
- www.cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk