Wordpress

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2022
UpdraftPlus WordPress plugin update forced for million sites

WordPress forces the update of the UpdraftPlus plugin patch on 3 million sites to fix a high-severity vulnerability. WordPress has forced the update of the UpdraftPlus plugin around three million sites to address a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0633 (CVSS v3.1 score of 8.5) that can allow website subscribers to download the latest database backups, which could potentially […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2022
Critical RCE flaws in PHP Everywhere WordPress plugin affect thousands of sites

WordPress plugin PHP Everywhere is affected by three critical issues that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. Wordfence experts found three critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in the PHP Everywhere WordPress plugin, all the issues have received a CVSS score of 9.9. The plugin that allows WordPress admins to insert PHP code […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2022
RCE in WordPress plugin Essential Addons for Elementor impacts hundreds of thousands of websites

A critical RCE in the popular WordPress plugin Essential Addons for Elementor impacts hundreds of thousands of websites. Essential Addons for Elementor is a popular WordPress plugin used in over a million sites that provides easy-to-use and creative elements to improve the appearance of the pages. The plugin is affected by a critical remote code […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2022
Tens of AccessPress WordPress themes compromised as part of a supply chain attack

Threat actors planted a backdoor into multiple WordPress themes and plugins after compromising the website of their developer. In a classic supply chain attack, threat actors planted a backdoor in dozens of WordPress plugins and themes hosted on a developer’s website. The attack took place in the first half of September 2021, the attackers compromised […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2022
High-Severity flaw in 3 WordPress plugins impacts 84,000 websites

Researchers discovered a high-severity vulnerability in three different WordPress plugins that impact over 84,000 websites. Researchers from WordPress security company Wordfence discovered a high-severity vulnerability that affects three different WordPress plugins that impact over 84,000 websites. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-0215 is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue that received a CVSS score of 8.8. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2021
Crooks injects e-skimmers in random WordPress plugins of e-stores

Threat actors are injecting credit card swipers into random plugins of e-commerce WordPress sites, Sucuri researchers warn. Sucuri researchers are warning of threat actors injecting credit card swipers into random plugins of e-commerce WordPress sites. The holidays season is the period when online scammers and threat actors intensify their operations. Sucuri researchers have spotted a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2021
A flaw in WP Reset PRO WordPress plugin allows wiping the installation DB

A critical vulnerability in the WP Reset PRO WordPress plugin can allow an authenticated user to wipe the entire database of WordPress sites. Researchers from cybersecurity form Packstack have discovered a critical vulnerability in the WP Reset PRO WordPress plugin that could be exploited by an authenticated user to completely wipe the database of a […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2021
New Go malware Capoae uses multiple flaws to target WordPress installs, Linux systems

A new malware written in Golang programming language, tracked as Capoae, is targeting WordPress installs and Linux systems. Akamai researchers spotted a new strain of malware written in Golang programming language, dubbed Capoae, that was involved in attacks aimed at WordPress installs and Linux systems.  The malware spread through attacks exploiting known vulnerabilities (i.e. CVE-2020-14882 […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2021
Blind SQL Injection flaw in WP Statistics impacted 600K+ sites

Experts discovered a Time-Based Blind SQL Injection vulnerability in the WP Statistics plugin which is installed on over 600,000 WordPress sites. Researchers from the Wordfence Threat Intelligence discovered a Time-Based Blind SQL Injection vulnerability in WP Statistics, which is a WordPress plugin with over 600,000 active installs. The plugin was developed by VeronaLabs, it provides complete […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2021
SQL injection issue in Anti-Spam WordPress Plugin exposes User Data

‘Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk’ anti-spam WordPress plugin could expose user sensitive data to an unauthenticated attacker. A Time-Based Blind SQL Injection in ‘Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk’ WordPress plugin, tracked as CVE-2021-24295, could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to access user data. The flaw could be exploited by an attack to […]