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WordPress Plugins Under Siege: High-Severity Vulnerabilities Exploited to Create Rogue Admins
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm: high-severity vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins are being exploited to create rogue admin accounts. Site owners, it’s time to review and update your plugins or risk becoming the next victim of malicious scripts injecting backdoors and tracking scripts.
Hot Take:
WordPress plugins are the internet’s equivalent of a Swiss cheese—full of holes and not nearly as tasty. If you’re running a WordPress site, it might be time to trade that cheese for some digital armor.
Key Points:
- Multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins being actively exploited.
- Flaws include unauthenticated stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
- Exploits lead to the creation of rogue administrator accounts, backdoors, and tracking scripts.
- Significant attack traffic originates from IPs associated with AS202425, mainly from the Netherlands.
- Recommendation: Update plugins, conduct security audits, and review admin accounts.
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