Hackers Actively Exploiting Widely-Used Social Share Plugin for WordPress

Hackers have been found exploiting a pair of critical security vulnerabilities in one of the popular social media sharing plugins to take control over WordPress websites that are still running a vulnerable version of the plugin.

The vulnerable plugin … Continue reading Hackers Actively Exploiting Widely-Used Social Share Plugin for WordPress

New WordPress Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Remote Attackers Hack Sites

If for some reason your WordPress-based website has not yet been automatically updated to the latest version 5.1.1, it’s highly recommended to immediately upgrade it before hackers could take advantage of a newly disclosed vulnerability to hack your we… Continue reading New WordPress Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Remote Attackers Hack Sites

Critical Flaw Uncovered In WordPress That Remained Unpatched for 6 Years

Exclusive — If you have not updated your website to the latest WordPress version 5.0.3, it’s a brilliant idea to upgrade the content management software of your site now. From now, I mean immediately.

Cybersecurity researchers at RIPS Technologies Gmb… Continue reading Critical Flaw Uncovered In WordPress That Remained Unpatched for 6 Years

Popular AMP Plugin for WordPress Patches Critical Flaw – Update Now

A security researcher has disclosed details of a critical vulnerability in one of the popular and widely active plugins for WordPress that could allow a low-privileged attacker to inject malicious code on AMP pages of the targeted website.

The vulnera… Continue reading Popular AMP Plugin for WordPress Patches Critical Flaw – Update Now

Popular WooCommerce WordPress Plugin Patches Critical Vulnerability

If you own an eCommerce website built on WordPress and powered by WooCommerce plugin, then beware of a new vulnerability that could compromise your online store.

Simon Scannell, a researcher at RIPS Technologies GmbH, discovered an arbitrary file dele… Continue reading Popular WooCommerce WordPress Plugin Patches Critical Vulnerability

New PHP Code Execution Attack Puts WordPress Sites at Risk

Sam Thomas, a security researcher from Secarma, has discovered a new exploitation technique that could make it easier for hackers to trigger critical deserialization vulnerabilities in PHP programming language using previously low-risk considered funct… Continue reading New PHP Code Execution Attack Puts WordPress Sites at Risk