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WordPress LiteSpeed Plugin Vulnerability Puts 5 Million Sites at Risk
2024-02-27 14:43

A security vulnerability has been disclosed in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could enable unauthenticated users to escalate their privileges. Tracked as CVE-2023-40000, the...

WordPress Plugin Alert - Critical SQLi Vulnerability Threatens 200K+ Websites
2024-02-27 05:43

A critical security flaw has been disclosed in a popular WordPress plugin called Ultimate Member that has more than 200,000 active installations. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-1071,...

WordPress Bricks Theme Under Active Attack: Critical Flaw Impacts 25,000+ Sites
2024-02-20 09:08

A critical security flaw in the Bricks theme for WordPress is being actively exploited by threat actors to run arbitrary PHP code on susceptible installations. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-25600...

Hackers exploit critical RCE flaw in Bricks WordPress site builder
2024-02-19 17:55

Hackers are actively exploiting a critical remote code execution flaw impacting the Brick Builder Theme to run malicious PHP code on vulnerable sites. The Bricks Builder Theme is a premium WordPress theme described as an innovative, community-driven visual site builder.

Hackers target WordPress database plugin active on 1 million sites
2024-01-25 14:15

Malicious activity targeting a critical severity flaw in the 'Better Search Replace' WordPress plugin has been detected, with researchers observing thousands of attempts in the past 24 hours. Better Search Replace is a WordPress plugin with more than one million installations that helps with search and replace operations in databases when moving websites to new domains or servers.

Balada Injector Infects Over 7,100 WordPress Sites Using Plugin Vulnerability
2024-01-15 07:45

Thousands of WordPress sites using a vulnerable version of the Popup Builder plugin have been compromised with a malware called Balada Injector. First documented by Doctor Web in January 2023, the...

Over 150k WordPress sites at takeover risk via vulnerable plugin
2024-01-11 21:54

Two vulnerabilities impacting the POST SMTP Mailer WordPress plugin, an email delivery tool used by 300,000 websites, could help attackers take complete control of a site authentication. Based on statitics from wordpress.org, there are roughly 150,000 sites that run a vulnerable version of the plugin that is lower than 2.8.

New Balada Injector campaign infects 6,700 WordPress sites
2024-01-11 17:44

A little over 6,700 WordPress websites using a vulnerable version of the Popup Builder plugin have been infected with the Balada Injector malware in a campaign that launched in mid-December. Initially documented by researchers at Dr. Web who observed coordinated attack waves leveraging known flaws in WordPress themes and addons, it was later discovered that Balada Injector was a massivee operation running since 2017 that had compromised more than 17,000 WordPress sites.

Rogue WordPress Plugin Exposes E-Commerce Sites to Credit Card Theft
2023-12-22 16:47

Threat hunters have discovered a rogue WordPress plugin that's capable of creating bogus administrator users and injecting malicious JavaScript code to steal credit card information. The skimming...

WordPress hosting service Kinsta targeted by Google phishing ads
2023-12-17 23:46

WordPress hosting provider Kinsta is warning customers that Google ads have been observed promoting phishing sites to steal hosting credentials. Kinsta says the phishing attacks aim to steal login credentials for MyKinsta, a key service the company offers to manage WordPress and other cloud-based apps.