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WP Maps Pro bug exploited to create admin accounts on WordPress sites

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15 Sept
Hackers target WordPress sites via third-party WooCommerce plugin

Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture premium plugin for WordPress to upload a PHP backdoor. [...]

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12 Oct
Attackers Exploit CVSS 10.0 Bricksforge WordPress Flaw Enabling Unauthenticated RCE

A maximum-severity security flaw impacting the Bricksforge plugin for WordPress has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to Patchstack. The critical vulnerability

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14 May
Hackers exploit auth bypass flaw in Burst Statistics WordPress plugin

Hackers are leveraging a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Burst Statistics to obtain admin-level access to websites. [...]

REPORT · HOW · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
3 Sept
Critical Elementor Pro flaw exploited to take over WordPress sites

A recently patched critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-32475) in the Elementor Pro plugin for WordPress is being exploited in attacks that deliver a webshell payload and execute

REPORT · WHAT · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
2 Sept
WordPress backup plugin flaw exposes millions of sites to takeover attacks

An SQL injection vulnerability in the All-in-One WP Migration and Backup plugin for WordPress could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute remote code and take control of

REPORT · WHAT · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
15 Sept
Malcious Admin Menu Editor Pro plugin backdoors 1,500 WordPress sites

Malicious versions of the Admin Menu Editor Pro plugin for WordPress have been distributed to more than 200 customers after a threat actor compromised the maintainer's website and

REPORT · WHAT · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
23 Sept
Hackers start exploiting critical WordPress flaw for code execution

Threat actors have moved from probing WordPress sites vulnerable to CVE-2026-87902 to exploiting the flaw to write files to disk that execute shell commands when accessed. [...]

REPORT · WHEN · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
25 Sept
Elementor WordPress flaw lets attackers create admin accounts

A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Elementor plugin for WordPress could allow an unauthenticated attacker to create administrator accounts. [...]

REPORT · WHAT · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
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