Security News

Researchers to release PoC exploit for critical ManageEngine RCE bug, patch now
2023-01-16 23:10

On Friday, security researchers with Horizon3's Attack Team warned admins that they created a proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-47966. "The vulnerability is easy to exploit and a good candidate for attackers to 'spray and pray' across the Internet. This vulnerability allows for remote code execution as NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM, essentially giving an attacker complete control over the system," Horizon3 vulnerability researcher James Horseman said.

Researchers to release PoC exploit for critical Zoho RCE bug, patch now
2023-01-16 23:10

On Friday, security researchers with Horizon3's Attack Team warned admins that they created a proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-47966."The vulnerability is easy to exploit and a good candidate for attackers to 'spray and pray' across the Internet. This vulnerability allows for remote code execution as NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM, essentially giving an attacker complete control over the system," Horizon3 vulnerability researcher James Horseman said.

PoC exploits released for critical bugs in popular WordPress plugins
2023-01-13 21:28

Three popular WordPress plugins with tens of thousands of active installations are vulnerable to high-severity or critical SQL injection vulnerabilities, with proof-of-concept exploits now publicly available. The three vulnerable plugins were discovered by Tenable security researcher Joshua Martinelle, who reported them responsibly to WordPress on December 19, 2022, along with proofs of concept.

Cisco won’t fix router flaws even though PoC exploit is available (CVE-2023-20025, CVE-2023-20026)
2023-01-12 10:41

Cisco has acknowledged one critical and two medium-severity vulnerabilities affecting some of its Small Business series of routers, but won't be fixing them as the devices "Have entered the end-of-life process." Proof-of-concept exploit code for CVE-2023-20025 and CVE-2023-20026 is available online, but there is currently no indication of any of these flaws being exploited by attackers.

Vulnerability with public PoC affects Cisco IP phones, fix unavailable (CVE-2022-20968)
2022-12-12 10:10

A high-risk stack overflow vulnerability may allow attackers to DoS or possibly even execute code remotely on Cisco 7800 and 8800 Series IP phones, the company has confirmed. Cisco's PSIRT is also aware that proof-of-concept exploit code is available for the vulnerability and that the flaw has been publicly discussed, but they are not aware of active attacks exploiting it.

Thousands of GitHub repositories deliver fake PoC exploits with malware
2022-10-23 15:15

Researchers at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science found thousands of repositories on GitHub that offer fake proof-of-concept exploits for various vulnerabilities, some of them including malware. GitHub is one of the largest code hosting platforms, and researchers use it to publish PoC exploits to help the security community verify fixes for vulnerabilities or determine the impact and scope of a flaw.

Researchers release PoC for Fortinet firewall flaw, exploitation attempts mount
2022-10-14 14:06

Ai researchers have released a PoC exploit for CVE-2022-40684, the authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Fortinet's firewalls and secure web gateways, and soon after exploitation attempts started rising. " , the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team began tracking exploit attempts targeting CVE-2022-40684 on our network of over 4 million protected websites," Wordfence threat analyst Ram Gall shared.

PoC Exploit Released for Critical Fortinet Auth Bypass Bug Under Active Attacks
2022-10-14 03:35

A proof-of-concept exploit code has been made available for the recently disclosed critical security flaw affecting Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager, making it imperative that users move quickly to apply the patches. "FortiOS exposes a management web portal that allows a user to configure the system," Horizon3.

Microsoft releases PoC exploit for macOS sandbox escape vulnerability
2022-07-13 20:36

Microsoft has published the exploit code for a vulnerability in macOS that could help an attacker bypass sandbox restrictions and run code on the system. The company released the technical details for the security issue, which is currently identified as CVE-2022-26706, and explained how the macOS App Sandbox rules could be avoided to allow malicious macro code in Word documents to execute commands on the machine.

Researcher Releases PoC for Recent Java Cryptographic Vulnerability
2022-04-22 22:41

A proof-of-concept code demonstrating a newly disclosed digital signature bypass vulnerability in Java has been shared online. The high-severity flaw in question, CVE-2022-21449, impacts the following version of Java SE and Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition -.