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Thousands of active WordPress plugins have been hit with a swathe of XSS vulnerabilities that could give attackers complete control of the site.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Bjh4-1ye-9E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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WordPress plugin hole could have allowed attackers to wipe websites

February 19, 2020 0 Comments data loss, demo importer plugin, plugin developer, plugins, security threats, themegrill, vulnerability, webarx, Wordpress, WordPress plugin

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:21:03 +0000

A WordPress plugin with over 100,000 active installations had a bug that could have allowed unauthorised attackers to wipe its users’ blogs clean, it emerged this week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GCOxf6ngpvk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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WordPress sites hit by malvertising

November 7, 2019 0 Comments malvertising, malware, plugins, security threats, vulnerability, wordfence, Wordpress, WordPress plugin, wp-vcd

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:01:01 +0000

An old piece of malware is storming the WordPress community, enabling its perpetrators to take control of sites and inject code of their choosing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/G42iCdpslDg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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WordPress 5.2.3 fixes new clutch of security vulnerabilities

September 9, 2019 0 Comments Patching, plugins, security threats, vulnerability, Wordpress, WordPress plugin, XSS

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:31:30 +0000

WordPress version 5.2.3 has just appeared on the download pipe featuring half a dozen security fixes and software enhancements.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/j-xSSrxRMDU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>