Security News

Active Exploits Hit Vulnerable WordPress ThemeGrill Plugin
2020-02-18 17:27

Researchers are urging users of a vulnerable WordPress plugin, ThemeGrill Demo Importer, to update as soon as possible after discovering attackers are actively exploiting a flaw in the plugin. This WordPress plugin helps users import and manage ThemeGrill templates on their sites.

Critical Bug in WordPress Theme Plugin Opens 200,000 Sites to Hackers
2020-02-17 21:15

A popular WordPress theme plugin with over 200,000 active installations contains a severe but easy-to-exploit software vulnerability that, if left unpatched, could let unauthenticated remote attackers compromise a wide range of websites and blogs. The vulnerable plugin in question is 'ThemeGrill Demo Importer' that comes with free as well as premium themes sold by the software development company ThemeGrill.

Flaw in WordPress Themes Plugin Allowed Hackers to Become Site Admin
2020-02-17 15:44

A serious vulnerability found in a WordPress themes plugin with over 200,000 active installations can be exploited to wipe a website's database and gain administrator access to the site. ThemeGrill Demo Importer is a popular plugin that allows WordPress website administrators to import demo content, widgets and settings for ThemeGrill themes.

Severe vuln in WordPress plugin Profile Builder would happily hand anyone the keys to your kingdom
2020-02-17 14:46

A vulnerability in a popular WordPress user role plugin lets any random person create an admin-level account on targeted websites. The bug in Profile Builder was given a CVSS score of 10.0 by WordPress security biz Wordfence, though precise details of the bug are not yet available on the usual CVE-tracking websites.

Critical Bug in WordPress Theme Plugin Opens 200,000 Sites to Hackers
2020-02-17 13:15

A popular WordPress theme plugin with over 200,000 active installations contains a severe but easy-to-exploit software vulnerability that, if left unpatched, could let unauthenticated remote attackers compromise a wide range of websites and blogs. The vulnerable plugin in question is 'ThemeGrill Demo Importer' that comes with free as well as premium themes sold by the software development company ThemeGrill.

Critical WordPress Plugin Bug Afflicts 700K Sites
2020-02-13 20:21

A popular WordPress plugin, which helps make websites compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation, has issued fixes for a critical flaw. The plugin, GDPR Cookie Consent, which helps businesses display cookie banners to show that they are compliant with EU's privacy regulation, has more than 700,000 active installations - making it a ripe target for attackers.

200K WordPress Sites Vulnerable to Plugin Flaw
2020-01-30 21:49

A high-severity vulnerability exists in a popular WordPress plugin, potentially opening up 200,000 websites to takeover. The WordPress plugin in question in Code Snippets, which allows users to run small chunks of PHP code on their websites.

Flaw in 'Code Snippets' Plugin Exposed Many WordPress Sites to Attacks
2020-01-30 16:23

Popular WordPress plugin Code Snippets recently received a patch for a high-severity vulnerability that can be exploited to take control of affected websites. The Code Snippets plugin, which has over 200,000 installations, provides admins with a graphical interface to run PHP code on their WordPress-powered websites by removing the need to add custom snippets to the theme's functions.

Update now! Popular WordPress plugins have password bypass flaws
2020-01-16 13:47

Researchers have discovered password bypass vulnerabilities affecting two WordPress plugins from a publisher called Revmakx. The first vulnerable plugin is RevMakx's InfiniteWP Client, a tool that allows admins to manage multiple WordPress sites from the same interface.

Critical WordPress Bug Leaves 320,000 Sites Open to Attack
2020-01-15 21:19

Two WordPress plugins, InfiniteWP Client and WP Time Capsule, suffer from the same critical authorization bypass bug that allows adversaries to access a site's backend with no password. All an attacker needs is the admin username for the WordPress plugins and they are in, according to researchers from WebArx who created proof-of-concept attacks to exploit the vulnerability.