Wordpress

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2023
WordPress 6.4.2 fixed a Remote Code Execution (RCE) flaw

WordPress 6.4.2 addressed a security vulnerability that could be chained with another flaw to achieve remote code execution. WordPress released a security update to address a flaw that can be chained with another issue to gain remote code execution. According to the advisory, the RCE flaw is not directly exploitable in the core, however, threat […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2023
More than 17,000 WordPress websites infected with the Balada Injector in September

In September more than 17,000 WordPress websites have been compromised by the Balada Injector malware. Sucuri researchers reported that more than 17,000 WordPress websites have been compromised in September with the Balada Injector. The researchers noticed that the number of Balada Injector infections has doubled compared with August. The Balada injector is a malware family that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2023
Balada Injector still at large – new domains discovered

The Balada Injector is still at large and still evading security software by utilizing new domain names and using new obfuscation. During a routine web monitoring operation, we discovered an address that led us down a rabbit hole of WordPress-orientated “hack waves” caused by the Balada Injector malware. This evidence suggests that the malware is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2023
Three flaws in Ninja Forms plugin for WordPress impact 900K sites

Experts warn of vulnerabilities impacting the Ninja Forms plugin for WordPress that could be exploited for escalating privileges and data theft. The Ninja Forms plugin for WordPress is affected by multiple vulnerabilities (tracked as CVE-2023-37979, CVE-2023-38386, and CVE-2023-38393) that can be exploited by threat actors to escalate privileges and steal sensitive data. The WordPress plugin Ninja […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2023
Hacking campaign targets sites using WordPress WooCommerce Payments Plugin

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-28121, in the WooCommerce Payments WordPress plugin. Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-28121 (CVSS score: 9.8), in the WooCommerce Payments WordPress plugin. The flaw is an authentication bypass issue that can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to impersonate arbitrary […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2023
Indexing Over 15 Million WordPress Websites with PWNPress

Sicuranex’s PWNPress platform indexed over 15 million WordPress websites, it collects data related to vulnerabilities and misconfigurations Leveraging the extensive Common Crawl dataset and pushing the boundaries of data analysis, cybersecurity firm Sicuranex successfully indexed over 15 million WordPress websites using the PWNPress service. This endeavor involved parsing the entire Web Archive Text (WAT) database, a […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2023
WordPress sites using the Ultimate Member plugin are under attack

Threat actors are exploiting a critical WordPress zero-day in the Ultimate Member plugin to create secret admin accounts. Hackers are actively exploiting a critical unpatched WordPress Plugin flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-3460 (CVSS score: 9.8), to create secret admin accounts. Ultimate Member is a popular user profile and membership plugin for WordPress, it allows admins to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2023
miniOrange’s WordPress Social Login and Register plugin was affected by a critical auth bypass bug

A critical authentication bypass flaw in miniOrange’s WordPress Social Login and Register plugin, can allow gaining access to any account on a site. Wordfence researchers discovered an authentication bypass vulnerability in miniOrange’s WordPress Social Login and Register plugin, that can allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain access to any account on a site by knowing the associated email […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2023
Unveiling the Balada injector: a malware epidemic in WordPress

Learn the shocking truth behind the Balada Injector campaign and find out how to protect your organization from this relentless viral invasion. A deadly cyber campaign has been working silently to undermine website security by exploiting popular WordPress plugins — infiltrating over a million websites and leaving administrators scrambling for solutions. In April 2023, Bleeping […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2023
A flaw in the Essential ‘Addons for Elementor’ WordPress plugin poses 1M sites at risk of hacking

Experts warn of an unauthenticated privilege escalation flaw in the popular Essential ‘Addons for Elementor’ WordPress plugin. Essential ‘Addons for Elementor’ WordPress plugin is a collection of 90+ creative elements and extensions Enhance that allow admins to enhance Elementor page building experience. The plugin has more than one million active installations. Researchers from PatchStack discovered that […]