WordPress is a content management platform whose core, plugins, and themes can contain vulnerabilities that expose websites, accounts, and data.
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WordPress is an open-source content management system (CMS) used to publish and manage websites. A site typically combines WordPress core with independently developed plugins and themes, which extend functionality but create a diverse and changing software supply chain. Its security therefore depends not only on the core software, but also on the quality, maintenance, and configuration of those extensions.
Security-relevant issues include exploitable vulnerabilities in core, plugins, or themes; weak or reused administrator credentials; and exposed or poorly configured administrative and API interfaces. Attackers may use these paths to alter content, install malicious code, or access site data. Administrators should track advisories and affected versions, apply updates through a controlled process, remove unsupported extensions, enforce strong authentication and least privilege, and keep protected, tested backups. Monitoring and log review help identify unauthorized changes and support recovery when compromise is suspected.
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Rapid7 says crims broke into more than 250 sites globally, including a US Senate candidate’s campaign page Cyber baddies quietly compromised legitimate WordPress websites, including the campaign site of a US Senate candidate, turning them into launchpads for a global infostealer operation.…
PLUS: Google re-patches Quick Share flaws; Critical Cisco flaw exploited; WordPress plugin trouble; and more Infosec in Brief How did journalist Jeffrey Goldberg’s phone number end up in a Signal group chat? According to The Guardian, US national security adviser Mike Waltz accidentally saved it into the contact file of a campaign staffer who later took a job at the US National Security Council official.…
PLUS: Russian bug-buyers seeks Telegram flaws; Another WordPress security mess; NIST backlog grows; and more! Infosec In Brief Organized crime networks are now reliant on digital tech for most of their activities according to Europol, the European agency that fights international crime on the continent and beyond.…
One told to take down posts that said nice things about WP Engine Organisers of WordCamps, community-organized events for WordPress users, have been ordered to take down some social media posts and share their login credentials for social networks.…
Also, new EU cyber reporting rules are live, exploiters hit the gas pedal, free PDNS for UK schools, and more in brief A critical security update for the near-ubiquitous WordPress plugin Jetpack was released last week. Site administrators should ensure the latest version is installed to keep their sites secure. …
That escalated quickly WordPress on Wednesday escalated its conflict with WP Engine, a hosting provider, by blocking the latter's servers from accessing WordPress.org resources – and therefore from potentially vital software updates.…
XSS marks the spot WordPress users with the Advanced Custom Fields plugin on their website should upgrade after the discovery of a vulnerability in the code that could open up sites and their visitors to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.…
And two other security snafus in this web publishing world It's only been a week or so, and obviously there are at least three critical holes in WordPress plugins and tools that are being exploited in the wild right now to compromise loads of websites.…
All versions are susceptible, there's no patch, so now's a good time to remove this add-on Miscreants have reportedly scanned almost 1.6 million websites in attempts to exploit an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in a previously disclosed buggy WordPress plugin.…
Reverse-engineered code redirects visitors to dodgy corners of the internet A years-long campaign by miscreants to insert malicious JavaScript into vulnerable WordPress sites, so that visitors are redirected to scam websites, has been documented by reverse-engineers.…
Plus advice for Cisco admins from the NSA and blurring's not the best In brief If you're using the UpdraftPlus WordPress plugin to back up your systems, you'll need it patched – or else risk sharing your backups with strangers.…