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Roughly 1,450 pfSense instances exposed online are vulnerable to command injection and cross-site scripting flaws that, if chained, could enable attackers to perform remote code execution on the appliance. In mid-November, SonarSource's researchers discovered three flaws impacting pfSense 2.7.0 and older and pfSense Plus 23.05.01 and older.
Apache has released a security advisory warning of a critical security flaw in the Struts 2 open-source web application framework that could result in remote code execution. Tracked...
A critical severity vulnerability in a WordPress plugin with more than 90,000 installs can let attackers gain remote code execution to fully compromise vulnerable websites.The security bug was discovered by a team of bug hunters known as Nex Team, who reported it to WordPress security firm Wordfence under a recently launched bug bounty program.
The Apache Struts project has released updates for the popular open-source web application framework, with fixes for a critical vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability affects Apache Struts versions 2.0.0 through 2.5.32 and 6.0.0 through 6.3.0.1, and has been fixed in Apache Struts versions 2.5.33 and 6.3.0.2.
WordPress is a highly popular open-source content management system used for creating and managing websites.The project's security team discovered a Property Oriented Programming chain vulnerability that was introduced in WordPress core 6.4, which under certain conditions could allow arbitrary PHP code execution.
Atlassian has published security advisories for four critical remote code execution vulnerabilities impacting Confluence, Jira, and Bitbucket servers, along with a companion app for macOS. All security issues addressed received a critical-severity score of at least 9.0 out of 10, based on Atlassian's internal assessment. Due to the popularity of Atlassian products and their extensive deployment in corporate environments, system administrators should prioritize applying the available updates.
Atlassian has released security updates for four critical vulnerabilities in its various offerings that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-1471 is a deserialization flaw in the SnakeYAML library for Java that can lead to remote code execution.
Google announced today that the December 2023 Android security updates tackle 85 vulnerabilities, including a critical severity zero-click remote code execution bug. "The most severe of these issues is a critical security vulnerability in the System component that could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation," the advisory explains.
Strategies for cultivating a supportive culture in zero-trust adoptionIn this Help Net Security interview, Wolfgang Goerlich, Advisory CISO at Cisco, discusses the benefits of implementing a mature zero-trust model for both security and business outcomes, revealing a decrease in reported security incidents and enhanced adaptability. Vigil: Open-source LLM security scannerVigil is an open-source security scanner that detects prompt injections, jailbreaks, and other potential threats to Large Language Models.
A proof-of-concept exploit for a high-severity flaw in Splunk Enterprise that can lead to remote code execution has been made public. Splunk Enterprise is a solution that ingests a variety of data generated by an organization's business infrastructure and applications.