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Zero-Day flaws in 3 WordPress Plugins being exploited in the wildZero-Day flaws in 3 WordPress Plugins being exploited in the wild

Zero-Day flaws in 3 WordPress Plugins being exploited in the wild

Security experts at Wordfence reported that Zero-Day vulnerabilities in three different WordPress plugins have been exploited in the wild. Zero-day…

8 years ago
Backdoored Display Widgets Plugin potentially affects 200,000 WordPress installs abusing them to spam contentBackdoored Display Widgets Plugin potentially affects 200,000 WordPress installs abusing them to spam content

Backdoored Display Widgets Plugin potentially affects 200,000 WordPress installs abusing them to spam content

Around 200,000 WordPress websites using the Display Widgets Plugin were impacted after it was updated to include malicious code. According…

8 years ago
WordPress Plugins could expose online shoppers on Black Friday and Cyber MondayWordPress Plugins could expose online shoppers on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

WordPress Plugins could expose online shoppers on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are upon us, Checkmarx published a report analyzing the security of some of the top…

9 years ago
SQL Injection zero-day in component ja-k2-filter-and-search of JoomlaSQL Injection zero-day in component ja-k2-filter-and-search of Joomla

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…

9 years ago
FBI warns of attacks against WordPress-based sites run by ISIS sympathizersFBI warns of attacks against WordPress-based sites run by ISIS sympathizers

FBI warns of attacks against WordPress-based sites run by ISIS sympathizers

The FBI is warning that individuals sympathetic to the ISIS are running mass-hacking websites exploiting known vulnerabilities in WordPress. The…

10 years ago
Flaw in WP-Super-Cache plugin threatens million of WordPress websitesFlaw in WP-Super-Cache plugin threatens million of WordPress websites

Flaw in WP-Super-Cache plugin threatens million of WordPress websites

Million of WordPress websites are vulnerable to cyber attacks due to a critical vulnerability affecting the WP-Super-Cache plugin. Million of…

10 years ago
More than 1 Million WordPress websites are vulnerable to blind SQL Injection AttacksMore than 1 Million WordPress websites are vulnerable to blind SQL Injection Attacks

More than 1 Million WordPress websites are vulnerable to blind SQL Injection Attacks

A security bug in the WordPress plugin WP-Slimstat could be exploited by attackers to discover a “secret” key and use…

10 years ago
Exploiting Vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins, a cybercrime trendExploiting Vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins, a cybercrime trend

Exploiting Vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins, a cybercrime trend

A serious vulnerability in the FancyBox Wordpress plugin makes it easy for a hacker to compromise any website based on…

10 years ago
Thousands of WordPress Sites hacker through MailPoet flawThousands of WordPress Sites hacker through MailPoet flaw

Thousands of WordPress Sites hacker through MailPoet flaw

Security experts at Sucuri form have observed a surge of cyber attacks against WordPress website which are using not updated…

11 years ago
15 million WordPress instances run flawed SEO plugin. Fix it!15 million WordPress instances run flawed SEO plugin. Fix it!

15 million WordPress instances run flawed SEO plugin. Fix it!

Security researchers at Sucuri firm have discovered multiple serious vulnerabilities in the popular ‘All In One SEO Pack’ plugin for…

11 years ago