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#5 The Hacker News general November 04, 2026 at 05:43 UTC

CISA Confirms Hackers Exploiting WordPress Core Flaw During Software Upgrades

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

CISA added CVE-2026-119977 — a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in WordPress Core with a CVSS score of 8.1 — to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog following confirmed active exploitation in the wild. The flaw enables arbitrary code execution and is being triggered during software upgrade processes. Federal agencies face a mandatory remediation deadline, and all WordPress administrators should prioritize patching immediately.

Relevance score: 83.0/100

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