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CVE record · CVE-2026-119977

WordPress Core 4.7.0 - 7.1.3 - Unauthenticated Upgrade-Window Staged-Installer Remote Code Execution

CVSS 8.1 HighCriticalIn CISA KEVEPSS 0.012 · 67th percentile

Critical, because:

  • In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 3 Nov 2026: it is known to be exploited.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Wordfence) at 31 Oct 2026, 05:33 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
WordPress Foundation WordPress
  • affected 4.7.0 to 4.7.38, inclusive semver
  • affected 4.8.0 to 4.8.33, inclusive semver
  • affected 4.9.0 to 4.9.34, inclusive semver
  • affected 5.0.0 to 5.0.30, inclusive semver
  • affected 5.1.0 to 5.1.27, inclusive semver
  • affected 5.2.0 to 5.2.29, inclusive semver
  • affected 5.3.0 to 5.3.26, inclusive semver
  • affected 5.4.0 to 5.4.24, inclusive semver
  • affected 5.5.0 to 5.5.23, inclusive semver
  • affected 5.6.0 to 5.6.22, inclusive semver
  • affected 5.7.0 to 5.7.20, inclusive semver
  • affected 5.8.0 to 5.8.18, inclusive semver
  • and 13 more
Other versions: unaffected
Identifiers
CVE-2026-119977
CNA
Wordfence
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-367
Tags
Published
31 Oct 2026
Updated
4 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.1 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (Wordfence)
  • CISA KEV Listed since 3 Nov 2026: known to be exploited.
  • EPSS 0.012, the 67th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 05:33 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 06:16 UTC Confirmed by NVD
  3. 31 Oct 2026, 20:00 UTC First seen by agentprime

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.