Searchenginejournal.com

Nine WordPress Plugins Expose Over 1.3 Million Sites To Exploits

The United States Government Vulnerability Database and WordPress security researchers published alerts of WordPress plugin vulnerabilities. Among those plugins, nine of the most popular plugins ...
ZDNet

WordPress plugin vulnerability can be exploited for total website takeover

A WordPress plugin has been found to contain "easily exploitable" security issues that can be exploited to completely take over vulnerable websites. The plugin at the heart of the matter, WP Database ...
Bleeping Computer

Hackers tried to steal database logins from 1.3M WordPress sites

A large scale attack targeted hundreds of thousands of WordPress websites over the course of 24 hours, attempting to harvest database credentials by stealing config files after abusing known XSS ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Vulnerability in WordPress Google Analytics Plugin Hits +3 Million Websites

The National Vulnerability Database announced that a popular Google Analytics WordPress plugin installed in over 3 million was discovered to contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

WordPress websites under attack — dozens of plugins hijacked to target thousands of sites

A malicious actor found a struggling WordPress plugin company, bought it, and introduced malware to each product.
TechRadar

Millions at risk as popular WordPress database plugin is targeted by hackers — here's what WordPress site owners need to know

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A popular WordPress vulnerability has been found carrying a critical vulnerability which allowed ...