Tag: WordPress
WordPress Sites Using UpdraftPlus Plugin are at Serious Risk
Security researchers at Automattic and Wordfence have detailed a fairly critical security bug in UpdraftPlus, a popular WordPress plugin.
Researchers noted that this bug can...
WordPress PHP Everywhere Plugin Puts Thousands of Sites at Risk
Researchers at Wordfence have found critical vulnerabilities in a popular WordPress plugin called PHP Everywhere, affecting thousands of websites.
The remote code execution bug in...
Dozens of WordPress Themes & Plugins Found Having Backdoors
Over 40 themes and 53 plugins in WordPress are found to have backdoor shells, implanted by unknown hackers who use them to gain admin...
8 Best FREE WordPress Blog Themes (2022)
Nowadays, building an attractive website without prior coding knowledge has become easy for us. Thanks to WordPress, it has made it possible to build...
Hackers Tried Hijacking Over 1.6 Million WordPress Sites
Wordfence analysts have detailed a campaign where over 1.6 million WordPress sites are being targeted. Threat actors here are taking over sites by compromising...
Facebook For WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities Lead to Site Takeover, Patch Available
The Wordfence team has discovered two critical vulnerabilities in Facebook for the WordPress plugin, which, if exploited, can lead an attacker to inject malicious...
WordPress Popup Builder Plugin Has Bugs Affecting Over 200K Sites
A fairly popular WordPress plugin named Popup Builder had a bug in its older versions affecting hundreds of thousands of websites. It was reported...
Easy WP SMTP WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Let Hackers Takeover Admin Accounts
A popular WordPress plugin has a zero-day vulnerability, which is reportedly being exploited by hackers to take over admin accounts. Easy WP SMTP, installed...
WordPress Sites Hacked For Hosting Scam E-commerce Stores
A researcher at the Akamai security team has discovered a new WordPress attack campaign, where the hackers are hosting e-commerce sites on comprised websites.
They're...
Ultimate Member WordPress Plugin Bugs Let Hackers Have Admin Privileges
The Wordfence's Threat Intelligence team has reported three critical vulnerabilities in a WordPress plugin that puts almost 100,000 sites at risk.
Named as Ultimate Member,...