Published on: 2025-08-06 06:09:19
A large-scale phishing campaign targets WooCommerce users with a fake security alert urging them to download a "critical patch" that adds a Wordpress backdoor to the site. Recipients that take the bait and download the update are actually installing a malicious plugin that creates a hidden admin account on their website, downloads web shell payloads, and maintains persistent access. The campaign, which was discovered by Patchstack researchers, appears to be a continuation of a similar operatio
Keywords: com patchstack plugin security woocommerce
Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-25 08:29:27
A new report sheds light on the most targeted WordPress plugin vulnerabilities hackers used in the first quarter of 2025 to compromise sites. All four flaws are vulnerabilities discovered and fixed in 2024 but remain unpatched in many cases, giving hackers the opportunity to execute arbitrary code or exfiltrate sensitive data. Among the four flaws, which are all critical severity, are two that are reported as actively exploited for the first time. According to a new Patchstack report, the fou
Keywords: 000 2024 exploitation fixed patchstack
Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-06 19:58:55
Popular WordPress security plugin WP Ghost is vulnerable to a critical severity flaw that could allow unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute code and hijack servers. WP Ghost is a popular security add-on used in over 200,000 WordPress sites that claims to stop 140,000 hacker attacks and over 9 million brute-forcing attempts every month. It also offers protection against SQL injection, script injection, vulnerability exploitation, malware dropping, file inclusion exploits, directory trav
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