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Multiple WordPress Plugins Compromised: Hackers Create Rogue Admin Accounts
2024-06-25 03:32

Multiple WordPress plugins have been backdoored to inject malicious code that makes it possible to create rogue administrator accounts with the aim of performing arbitrary actions. "The injected...

Researchers Uncover Active Exploitation of WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
2024-05-30 13:49

Cybersecurity researchers have warned that multiple high-severity security vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins are being actively exploited by threat actors to create rogue administrator accounts...

WordPress Plugin Exploited to Steal Credit Card Data from E-commerce Sites
2024-05-28 06:30

Unknown threat actors are abusing lesser-known code snippet plugins for WordPress to insert malicious PHP code in victim sites that are capable of harvesting credit card data. The campaign,...

Hackers Exploiting LiteSpeed Cache Bug to Gain Full Control of WordPress Sites
2024-05-08 07:03

A high-severity flaw impacting the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress is being actively exploited by threat actors to create rogue admin accounts on susceptible websites. The findings come from...

Hackers exploit LiteSpeed Cache flaw to create WordPress admins
2024-05-07 21:42

Hackers have been targeting WordPress sites with an outdated version of the LiteSpeed Cache plugin to create administrator users and gain control of the websites. LiteSpeed Cache is advertised as a caching plugin used in over five million WordPress sites that helps speed up page loads, improve visitor experience, and boost Google Search ranking.

Android Malware Wpeeper Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Hide C2 Servers
2024-05-01 13:41

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented malware targeting Android devices that uses compromised WordPress sites as relays for its actual command-and-control (C2)...

New Wpeeper Android malware hides behind hacked WordPress sites
2024-04-30 16:41

A new Android backdoor malware named 'Wpeeper' has been spotted in at least two unofficial app stores mimicking the Uptodown App Store, a popular third-party app store for Android devices with over 220 million downloads. Wpeeper stands out for its novel use of compromised WordPress sites to act as relays for its actual command and control servers, acting as an evasion mechanism.

Hackers Exploiting WP-Automatic Plugin Bug to Create Admin Accounts on WordPress Sites
2024-04-26 05:49

Threat actors are attempting to actively exploit a critical security flaw in the WP‑Automatic plugin for WordPress that could allow site takeovers. The shortcoming, tracked as CVE-2024-27956,...

WP Automatic WordPress plugin hit by millions of SQL injection attacks
2024-04-25 14:27

Hackers have started to target a critical severity vulnerability in the WP Automatic plugin for WordPress to create user accounts with administrative privileges and to plant backdoors for long-term access. Currently installed on more than 30,000 websites, WP Automatic lets administrators automate content importing from various online sources and publishing on their WordPress site.

Critical Forminator plugin flaw impacts over 300k WordPress sites
2024-04-20 15:19

The Forminator WordPress plugin used in over 500,000 sites is vulnerable to a flaw that allows malicious actors to perform unrestricted file uploads to the server. On Thursday, Japan's CERT published an alert on its vulnerability notes portal warning about the existence of a critical severity flaw in Forminator that may allow a remote attacker to upload malware on sites using the plugin.