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Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2017
Drupal fixes the CVE-2017-6922 flaw exploited in spam campaigns in the wild

Drupal team released security updates to fix several vulnerabilities, including the critical access bypass flaw CVE-2017-6922 exploited in spam campaigns. The Drupal development team has released security updates to fix several vulnerabilities, including the critical access bypass flaw tracked as CVE-2017-6922 that has been exploited in spam campaigns. The CVE-2017-6922 flaw was fixed with the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2017
WordPress 4.7.5 release addresses six security vulnerabilities

The new WordPress 4.7.5 release fixes six security vulnerabilities affecting version 4.7.4 and earlier, including XSS, CSRF, SSRF flaws. The WordPress 4.7.5 release patches six vulnerabilities affecting version 4.7.4 and earlier. The latest version addresses cross-site scripting (XSS), cross-site request forgery (CSRF), and server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaws. Below the list of the security issues fixed […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2017
Security researcher disclosed a WordPress Password Reset Vulnerability

A researcher reported a WordPress Password Reset vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-8295, and detailed it in a security advisory. On Wednesday, the popular security experts Dawid Golunski reported a WordPress Password Reset vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-8295, and detailed it in a security advisory. Golunski classified the flaw as a “medium/high severity,” he explained that the issue is caused by […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2017
Critical vulnerability in Drupal References Module opens 120,000 Sites to hack

A critical vulnerability affects the Drupal References module that is used by hundreds of thousands of websites using the popular CMS. The Drupal security team has discovered a critical vulnerability in a third-party module named References. The Drupal team published a Security advisory on April 12 informing its users of the critical flaw. The flaw has a huge impact on […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2017
Drupal version 8.2.7 address multiple vulnerabilities in the current version of the popular CMS

Drupal development team has issued a new release of the popular content management system (CMS), Drupal version 8.2.7, that fixes multiple vulnerabilities. The Drupal development team has released the Drupal version 8.2.7 that addressed a number of vulnerabilities in the popular CMS. The list of flaws includes an access bypass issue, a cross-site request forgery […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2017
WordPress 4.7.3 is out to fix 6 security issues, but CSRF flaw remains unpatched

WordPress 4.7.3 release is out to fix six security issues, but a CSRF vulnerability discovered in July 2016 remains unpatched. WordPress has issued a new security release, the WordPress 4.7.3 release, that addresses six security flaws, including three cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.  The flaws were discovered by the security experts Chris Andrè Dale, Yorick Koster, Simon P. Briggs, Marc […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2017
SQLi flaw in the NextGEN Gallery plugin exposes at risk of hack more than 1 Million WordPress Installs

More than 1 million WordPress website are at risk due to a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the NextGEN Gallery plugin. Update it asap. Security experts at Sucuri firm have identified a SQL injection flaw in the WordPress image gallery NextGEN Gallery that could be exploited by a remote to gain access to the targeted website’s backend, including sensitive […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2017
WordPress 4.7.2 release addresses XSS, SQL Injection vulnerabilities

According to the release notes the latest version of WordPress 4.7.2 addresses three security, including  XSS, SQL Injection flaws. The WordPress development team has pushed the WordPress 4.7.2 version that fixed three security issues, including a cross-site scripting and a SQL injection vulnerability. The new update comes just two weeks after WordPress released its previous version. Two […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 13, 2017
WordPress 4.7.1 released, patches eight vulnerabilities and 62 bugs

According to the release notes the latest version of WordPress 4.7.1 addresses eight security vulnerabilities and other 62 bugs. Wednesday the latest version of WordPress 4.7.1 was released by the WordPress Team, it is classified as a security release for all previous versions. According to the release notes, the new version addresses eight security flaws […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2016
SQL Injection zero-day in component ja-k2-filter-and-search of Joomla

Information Security experts have discovered an SQL injection zero-day vulnerability in Joomla component ja-k2-filter-and-search. Information Security Researchers Dimitrios Roussis and Evangelos Apostoloudis have discovered an SQL injection vulnerability in component ja-k2-filter-and-search (https://www.joomlart.com/joomla/extensions/ja-k2-search) of Joomla, a popular open-source Content Management System (CMS). This component has been used in various Joomla sites. Through the use of the […]