Security News > 2017 > July > WordPress Plugin Used by 300,000+ Sites Found Vulnerable to SQL Injection Attack (The Hackers News)
2017-07-01 02:26
A SQL Injection vulnerability has been discovered in one of the most popular Wordpress plugins, installed on over 300,000 websites, which could be exploited by hackers to steal databases and possibly hijack the affected sites remotely. The flaw has been discovered in the highly popular WP Statistics plugin, which allows site administrators to get detailed information related to the number of
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