Researchers at Wordfence reported an ongoing hacking campaign exploiting security flaws in some WordPress plugins. Researchers from Wordfence uncovered an ongoing hacking campaign exploiting security vulnerabilities in some WordPress plugins to redirect visitors to websites under the control of the attackers. The campaign specifically targeted flaws in WordPress plugins developed by the developer NicDark (now […]
Avast spotted a new strain of Clipsa malware that is used to mine and steal cryptocurrencies along with carrying out brute-force attacks on WordPress sites. Clipsa is a malware that is well known to cyber security community is able to steal cryptocurrency via clipoard hijacking and mine cryptocurrency after installing a miner. Avast recently discovered […]
Security experts at Plugin Vulnerabilities have discovered an authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) flaw in Facebook Widget. Researchers at Plugin Vulnerabilities have discovered an authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) flaw in the Facebook Widget (Widget for Facebook Page Feeds). The plugin is one of the 1,000 most popular plugins and it was closed on the […]
A critical vulnerability affecting the Ad Inserter WordPress plugin could be exploited by authenticated attackers to remotely execute PHP code. Security researchers at Wordfence discovered a critical vulnerability in the Inserter WordPress plugin that could be exploited by authenticated attackers to remotely execute PHP code. Ad Inserter is an Ad management plugin that allows administrators to benefit of advanced features to insert ads […]
Researchers from Netlab, discovered a website offering free and commercial proxy servers leveraging a huge botnet (Ngioweb) of hacked WordPress sites. Researchers from Netlab, discovered that Free-Socks.in proxy service is leveraging a huge botnet of hacked WordPress sites. According to the experts, traffic managed by the proxy service is routed through a network of hacked […]
Security researchers at Alert Logic have discovered a vulnerability in the WordPress Live Chat plugin that could be exploited to steal and hijack sessions. Experts at Alert Logic have discovered a vulnerability in the popular WordPress Live Chat plugin that could be exploited by an unauthorized remote attacker to steal chat logs or manipulate chat sessions. […]
The WordPress plugin Convert Plus is affected by a critical flaw that could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to create accounts with administrator privileges. The WordPress plugin Convert Plus is affected by a critical vulnerability that could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to create accounts with administrator privileges. A vulnerability ties with the […]
Security researchers are monitoring a new hacking campaign aimed at Joomla and WordPress websites, attackers used .htaccess injector for malicious redirect. Researchers at Sucuri are warning Joomla and WordPress websites admins of malicious hypertext access (.htaccess) injector found on a client website. The website was used by attackers to redirect traffic to advertising sites that […]
A vulnerability in the Live Chat Support plugin for WordPress could be exploited by attackers to inject malicious scripts in websites using it Researchers at Sucuri have discovered a stored/persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP Live Chat Support plugin for WordPress. The flaw could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious […]
WordPress-based eCommerce websites using the WooCommerce plugin are at risk of full compromise due to an unpatched vulnerability. A WordPress security firm called ‘Plugin Vulnerabilities’ has discovered a critical vulnerability in the WooCommerce plugin that exposes WordPress-based eCommerce websites to hack. The vulnerability affects the WooCommerce Checkout Manager plugin that allows owners of e-commerce websites […]