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Severe PHP Exploit Threatens WordPress Sites with Remote Code Execution

2018-08-17 18:03

The issue impacts several content management systems, including Typo3 and WordPress, as well as widely-used PDF generation library TCPDF.

News URL

https://threatpost.com/severe-php-exploit-threatens-wordpress-sites-with-remote-code-execution/136649/

#codeexecution #exploit #PHP #wordpress

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Related vendor

VENDOR	LAST 12M	#/PRODUCTS	LOW	MEDIUM	HIGH	CRITICAL	TOTAL VULNS
PHP		9	1	43	115	124	283
Wordpress		7	2	93	44	18	157

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