CISA adds WordPress Core race condition RCE to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
What happened.The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added WordPress Core race condition vulnerability CVE-2026-119977 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after confirming active exploitation in the wild.
Why it matters.Content management platforms power critical enterprise documentation portals, web applications, and customer hubs. When core updater workflows expose temporary directories to unauthenticated remote attackers, perimeter controls fail during routine maintenance operations. Infrastructure engineers must verify that production sites run WordPress 7.1.4 or patched security backports immediately. Platform teams should restrict public web access to upgrade staging directories to stop automated exploitation scripts.



