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CVE-2026-119977 Unmapped
WordPress WordPress Core Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Vulnerability
- Vendor / product
- WordPress — WordPress Core
- Description (CISA)
- 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.
- Added to KEV
- 2026-11-03 — after the latest CTID mapping snapshot (2025-07-28)
- Due date
- 2026-11-06
- Required action
- 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.
- Known ransomware use
- Unknown
- Forensic triage (CISA)
- Yes
- CWE
- CWE-367
- CISA notes
- https://wordpress.org/news/2026/10/wordpress-7-1-4
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-core/wordpress-core-470-713-unauthenticated-upgrade-window-staged-installer-remote-code-execution
BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk
Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119977 - Elsewhere
- cve.org · NVD · CISA KEV · JSON
ATT&CK techniques
No public source states how this vulnerability is exploited in ATT&CK terms.
The only authoritative CVE → ATT&CK mapping in the open — CTID's Mappings Explorer, pinned to a KEV snapshot of 2025-07-28 and ATT&CK 16.1 — does not include CVE-2026-119977. This entry was added to KEV on 2026-11-03, after that snapshot; of the 376 entries added since, 0 have a mapping. CISA's catalogue carries no technique field. kevmap does not infer techniques from the CWE (CWE-367) — here is why — and does not guess.
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