Tag: wordpress
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Hundreds of WordPress Sites Hijacked to Show Fake reCAPTCHA and Steal Windows Passwords.
Hundreds of compromised WordPress websites are being used in a sophisticated malware-delivery campaign that combines browser persistence, blockchain-hosted payloads, fake reCAPTCHA prompts and fileless execution to deploy the Amatera information stealer on Windows systems. The campaign stands out for placing its malicious logic across nine layers designed to minimize durable evidence: no conventional payload server,…
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Critical Avada WordPress theme flaw enables zero-click RCE
A critical vulnerability chain in the popular Avada theme for WordPress can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-avada-wordpress-theme-flaw-enables-zero-click-rce/
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WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exposes 100,000 Sites to Complete Site Takeover Attacks
WordPress sites depend heavily on plugins to add functionality such as contact forms, file uploads, payment features, and integrations. But when a plugin mishandles uploaded files, a seemingly ordinary website feature can become a direct path to server compromise. According to Cybersecurity News, a critical vulnerability in the Everest Forms WordPress plugin has exposed more…
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Critical WordPress TranslatePress Flaw Lets Attackers Take Over Admin Accounts
A critical vulnerability in the TranslatePress multilingual WordPress plugin could enable unauthenticated attackers to take control of administrator accounts and fully compromise affected websites. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-19632, has a CVSS score of 9.8 and affects all TranslatePress versions up to 3.3.1. The flaw affects a plugin installed on over 400,000 WordPress sites. Security…
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Hacker greifen WordPress-Seiten über Authentifizierungslücken an
Angreifer versuchen aktiv, zwei kritische Schwachstellen im miniOrange-SAML-2.0-Single-Sign-On-Plugin für WordPress auszunutzen. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/hacker-wordpress-seiten
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Two CVSS 9.8 Auth Bypasses in miniOrange SAML WordPress Plugin Were Exploited Before Any Database Even Listed the Paid Editions as Vulnerable
Two CVSS 9.8 miniOrange SAML WordPress plugin auth bypasses were exploited while paid editions never appeared in any vulnerability database. Manual patch required. Two critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the miniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign On WordPress plugin, both rated CVSS 9.8, are under active exploitation. Both CVE-2026-61979 and CVE-2026-15981 allow an unauthenticated attacker to…
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Critical miniOrange SAML SSO Flaws Let Attackers Take Over WordPress Admin Accounts
Two critical vulnerabilities have been identified in the miniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign-On WordPress plugin, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to forge SAML assertions and log in as any existing user, including site administrators. These vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2026-61979 and CVE-2026-15981, carry a CVSS score of 9.8. Research conducted by DigitalOcean’s security team and later…
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Attackers Target miniOrange SAML Flaws That Can Grant WordPress Admin Access
Bad actors are attempting to exploit two severe unauthenticated authentication bypasses in the Xecurify miniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign On plugin that make it possible for an attacker to sign in as any WordPress user, including administrators.The vulnerabilities, as disclosed by Patchstack, are listed below – CVE-2026-61979 (CVSS score: 8.1) – An unauthenticated privilege escalation…
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Hackers target WordPress sites in miniOrange auth bypass attacks
Hackers are attempting to exploit two critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the miniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign On plugin for WordPress that can be used to forge SAML responses and log in as administrators. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-target-wordpress-sites-in-miniorange-auth-bypass-attacks/
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Critical WordPress Pods Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Gain Admin Access
A critical vulnerability has been identified in the widely used Pods WordPress plugin, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to take complete control of affected websites by escalating privileges to the administrator level. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-19598, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and affects Pods Custom Content Types and Fields versions up to […]…
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Critical Elementor Pro bug exposes WordPress sites to RCE attacks
A critical vulnerability in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin could allow attackers to upload executable files for remote code execution on the server. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-elementor-pro-bug-exposes-wordpress-sites-to-rce-attacks/
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StopAndProtect Turns 2,000 Hacked WordPress Sites Into a Criminal Network
StopAndProtect turned nearly 2,000 hacked WordPress sites into a criminal network for malware delivery, data theft, surveillance and ransomware. Check Point Research uncovered a cybercrime operation, dubbed StopAndProtect, that has turned thousands of hacked WordPress websites into a shared platform for malware delivery, data theft, surveillance and ransomware. The operation is a good reminder that…
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Elementor Pro Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Upload PHP and Execute Code
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a critical flaw in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execution.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32475, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of 10.0. It has been described as a case of unrestricted upload of a file with a dangerous type.”The…
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Gefälschte CAPTCHAs und gehackte WordPress-Seiten treiben neue Malware-Kampagne
Check Point deckt StopAndProtect auf: Mehr als 5.000 infizierte Rechner, 2.000 gehackte WordPress-Seiten und ClickFix-Angriffe per Fake-CAPTCHA. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/gefaelschte-captchas-und-gehackte-wordpress-seiten-treiben-neue-malware-kampagne/a46206/
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StopAndProtect Uses Nearly 2,000 Hacked WordPress Sites to Spread Malware and Steal Data
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a global cybercrime operation that abuses thousands of hacked WordPress websites as infrastructure to disseminate malware, commandeer infected hosts, store stolen documents, screenshots, and activity logs created to track the status of the activity.”The operation doesn’t rely on a single piece of malware, but on a whole toolkit of criminal software…
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Hackers Abuse Thousands of WordPress Sites to Spread StopAndProtect Malware via ClickFix
A large-scale malware operation called StopAndProtect is exploiting thousands of compromised WordPress websites to distribute ransomware, steal files, harvest credentials, and remotely monitor victims through deceptive ClickFix CAPTCHA prompts. Researchers first identified the campaign in mid-May 2026. They discovered that the operation utilizes a broad range of criminal tools rather than relying on a single…
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Hackers Abuse Thousands of WordPress Sites to Spread StopAndProtect Malware via ClickFix
A large-scale malware operation called StopAndProtect is exploiting thousands of compromised WordPress websites to distribute ransomware, steal files, harvest credentials, and remotely monitor victims through deceptive ClickFix CAPTCHA prompts. Researchers first identified the campaign in mid-May 2026. They discovered that the operation utilizes a broad range of criminal tools rather than relying on a single…
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2,000 Hacked WordPress Sites Were Secretly Running a Global Crime Ring
A newly identified cybercrime operation dubbed StopAndProtect has been quietly running its entire criminal infrastructure through close to 2,000 hacked WordPress websites, according to new research from Check Point. Rather than relying on dedicated command-and-control servers, which are relatively easy for defenders to identify and take down, the group behind StopAndProtect compromised thousands of legitimate…
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Forminator WordPress Flaw Can Enable Unauthenticated RCE via Malicious PHP Uploads
A critical security flaw has been disclosed in Forminator Forms, a WordPress plugin with more than 600,000 active installations, that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution on susceptible sites.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-15748, is rated 9.8 out of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. It was discovered and reported by a security researcher…
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Forminator WordPress Flaw Can Enable Unauthenticated RCE via Malicious PHP Uploads
A critical security flaw has been disclosed in Forminator Forms, a WordPress plugin with more than 600,000 active installations, that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution on susceptible sites.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-15748, is rated 9.8 out of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. It was discovered and reported by a security researcher…
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Forminator WordPress Flaw Can Enable Unauthenticated RCE via Malicious PHP Uploads
A critical security flaw has been disclosed in Forminator Forms, a WordPress plugin with more than 600,000 active installations, that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution on susceptible sites.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-15748, is rated 9.8 out of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. It was discovered and reported by a security researcher…
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ErrTraffic Combines WordPress Hacks, Blockchain C2 and Rotating Malware Domains in One Delivery Network
An active ErrTraffic malware-as-a-service campaign that combines compromised WordPress sites, ClickFix lures, Polygon blockchain smart contracts and rapidly rotating payload domains to distribute a broad set of Windows malware. ErrTraffic is marketed as a MaaS framework by a forum user known as “LenAI.” Its core feature is a traffic distribution system that routes victims to…
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BdThemes Supply Chain Attack Poisons JSON to Create Rogue WordPress Admins
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a supply chain compromise impacting WordPress plugin vendor BdThemes, prompting the content management systems (CMS) platform’s plugins team to temporarily disable their downloads.”Unlike traditional software supply chain attacks, zero source code files were modified within the official WordPress.org repository,” Wordfence researcher Paolo Tresso said. First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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BdThemes plugins supply-chain hack creates rogue WordPress admins
A threat actor compromised the upstream infrastructure of BdThemes, a developer of premium WordPress web-design tools, and modified a remote JSON feed delivered to administrators’ browsers to create rogue admin accounts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bdthemes-plugins-supply-chain-hack-creates-rogue-wordpress-admins/
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WordPress Plugins Compromised Without a Single File Change
Poisoned JSON feed let attackers backdoor WordPress sites without changing any plugin files First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/bdthemes-wordpress-poisoned-api/
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WordPress XSS2Shell Flaw Enables Attackers to Achieve Remote Code Execution
WordPress has patched a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-64638 and nicknamed XSS2Shell, that begins as an unauthenticated cross-site scripting bug on the login screen and can be chained into full remote code execution. Researchers at pwn.ai discovered the flaw, which carries a CVSS score of 8.9 and affects every actively maintained WordPress branch, a codebase…
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WordPress XSS2Shell Flaw Turns Simple Login Bug Into Full Server Takeover
WordPress XSS2Shell flaw enables admin takeover and remote code execution. Users should update to patched versions. Researchers at Pwn just published a report on a vulnerability chain they’re calling XSS2Shell, and the entry point is quite simple: type a username that doesn’t exist, and WordPress echoes it back with a tiny formatting flaw baked into…
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New WordPress Pre-Auth XSS Could Lead to PHP Code Execution – Patch ASAP
WordPress has fixed a pre-authentication reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in its login screen that affects every version of the content management system. Under additional conditions, the bug can be chained into PHP code execution on the server.Tracked as CVE-2026-64638 (CVSS score: 8.9), the High-severity vulnerability requires no attacker privileges. According to pwn.ai, First seen…