60,000 WordPress sites at risk due to plugin security flaw

Hackers can now take over WordPress sites instantly using a simple plugin flaw ...
TechRadar

Watch out — hackers can exploit this plugin to gain full control of your WordPress site

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An older version of LiteSpeed Cache, a popular plugin for the WordPress website builder, is ...
Bleeping Computer

Critical Wordpress plugin bug lets hackers take over hosting account

Hackers can exploit a maximum severity vulnerability in the wpDiscuz plugin installed on over 70,000 WordPress sites to execute code remotely after uploading arbitrary files on servers hosting ...
Bleeping Computer

Over 150k WordPress sites at takeover risk via vulnerable plugin

Two vulnerabilities impacting the POST SMTP Mailer WordPress plugin, an email delivery tool used by 300,000 websites, could help attackers take complete control of a site authentication. Last month, ...
The Verge

WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin

WordPress.org has taken over a popular WP Engine plugin in order “to remove commercial upsells and fix a security problem,” WordPress cofounder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg announced today. This ...
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50,000 WordPress site affected in major plugin security flaw - here's how to stay safe

Critical bug in ACF: Extended WordPress plugin allows arbitrary role escalation to administrator About 50,000 WordPress sites are vulnerable despite patch in version 0.9.2.2 No exploitation reported ...