CISA Flags WordPress RCE Flaw as Actively Exploited in Attacks
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🚨 CISA confirms active exploitation of a WordPress Core vulnerability: CVE-2026-119977. The TOCTOU flaw could allow unauthenticated remote code execution during the upgrade process. WordPress fixed it in version 7.1.4. Update immediately. Check server
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CISA confirmed the active exploitation of a vulnerability in the core of WordPress. Understand how TOCTOU failure works and how to shield your server.
The American cybersecurity agency, CISA, has unveiled the CVE-2026-119977. This flaw allows to exploit a flaw in WordPress Core during the software update. This flaw is a TOCTOU. TOCTOU means time of check to time of use. It is a race condition in competing programming. It can occur when a program checks a security condition and then uses this resource later.
CISA Confirms Hackers Exploiting WordPress Core Flaw During Software Upgrades | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #hacker - National Cyber Security Consulting
Ravie LakshmananNov 04, 2026Vulnerability / Web Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a security flaw in WordPress Core to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-119977 (CVSS score: 8.1), is a case of Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition that could […] Thank you for subscribing to o…
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