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Pierluigi Paganini February 29, 2020
Crooks are attempting to take over tens of thousands of WordPress sites

Threat actors are launching a hacking campaign aimed at taking over tens of thousands of WordPress sites by exploiting critical vulnerabilities. One of the issues exploited in the attacks is a zero-day vulnerability that affects several plugins and that could allow hackers to create admin accounts and take over the sites. Researchers at NinTechNet reported […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2020
Hackers are actively exploiting a Zero-Day in WordPress ThemeREX Plugin to create Admin Accounts

A new flaw was discovered in a WordPress plugin, this time experts found a zero-day vulnerability in the ThemeREX Addons to create admin accounts. Security experts from WordFence have discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the ThemeREX Addons that was actively exploited by hackers in the wild to create user accounts with admin permissions. According to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2020
Flaw in WordPress ThemeGrill Demo Importer WordPress theme plugin expose 200K+ sites to hack

A serious flaw in the ThemeGrill Demo Importer WordPress theme plugin with over 200,000 active installs can be exploited to wipe sites and gain admin access to the site. Experts from the security firm WebARX have discovered a serious flaw in the WordPress theme plugin ThemeGrill Demo Importer with over 200,000 active installs. The vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2020
600+ installs of WordPress Cookie Consent Plugin vulnerable to hack. Fix it now!

Developers of the popular WordPress GDPR Cookie Consent plugin have addressed a critical bug that could potentially impact 700K users. Critical vulnerabilities in the WordPress GDPR Cookie Consent plugin could be exploited by potential attackers to delete and change the content of the sites and inject malicious JavaScript code due to improper access controls. The GDPR Cookie Consent plugin assists users […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2020
Over 200K WordPress sites potentially exposed to hack due to Code Snippets flaw

Over 200K WordPress sites are exposed to attacks due to a high severity cross-site request forgery (CSRF) bug in Code Snippets plugin. A high severity cross-site request forgery (CSRF) bug, tracked as CVE-2020-8417, in Code Snippets plugin could be exploited by attackers to take over WordPress sites running vulnerable versions of the Code Snippets plugin. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2020
Critical auth bypass issues affect InfiniteWP Client and WP Time Capsule WordPress plugins

WP Time Capsule and InfiniteWP WordPress plugins are affected by security flaws that could be exploited to take over websites running the popular CMS. Experts at security firm WebArx have ethically disclosed vulnerabilities in WP Time Capsule and InfiniteWP plugins, both were patched earlier this month by the developer Revmakx. The flaws in WP Time […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2019
A flaw in outdated versions of Beaver Builder and Elementor plugins allows hacking WordPress sites

WordPress sites running outdated versions of “Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder,” or “Ultimate Addons for Elementor” plugins are exposed to hack. Security experts from MalCare discovered a critical easy-to-exploit authentication bypass vulnerability in “Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder,” or “Ultimate Addons for Elementor.” The vulnerability resides in the way the plugins let WordPress account holders, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2019
A critical flaw in Jetpack exposes millions of WordPress sites

A critical flaw in the Jetpack WordPress Plugin could be exploited by threat actors to hack WordPress websites running flawed versions of the plugin. A critical vulnerability affects the Jetpack WordPress Plugin version Jetpack 5.1. and later, admins and owners of WordPress websites are urged to update their installs to Jetpack version 7.9.1. Jetpack is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2019
Fake UpdraftPlus WordPress Plugins used to backdoor sites

Threat actors leverage malicious plugins that hide in plain sight to backdoor WordPress websites and to use them for brute-forcing other sites. The use of fake WordPress plugins installed by hackers is not a novelty, recently at Sucuri observed multiple infections aimed at installing fake plugins with backdoor capabilities. Attackers use automated tools to create malicious WordPress […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2019
WordPress 5.2.3 fixes multiple issues, including some severe XSS flaws

The WordPress development team released version 5.2.3 that includes 29 fixes, enhancements, and several security patches. WordPress developers released a security and maintenance version 5.2.3 that includes 29 fixes, several enhancements and security patches. These flaws affect the versions 5.2.2 and earlier of the popular CMS. Most of the security flaws addressed with the release […]