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Sead Fadilpašić

UNCOVERED: Another major wordpress plugin has been hacked to try and hijack your sites | History Defined

Laptop computer displaying logo of WordPress, a free and open-source content management system (CMS).

  • Researchers from WPScan find flaw in Hunk Companion, a plugin with roughly 10,000 users
  • The flaw allows crooks to install other plugins from the WP repository, including those with known RCE flaws
  • WPScan found the flaw while investigating an active attack
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