An older version of LiteSpeed Cache, a popular plugin for the WordPress website builder, is vulnerable to a high-severity flaw that hackers have been increasingly exploiting. The flaw is described as an unauthenticated cross-site scripting vulnerability, and tracked as CVE-2023-40000. It carries a severity score of 8.8. By adding malicious JavaScript code directly into WordPress … Read more
A critical vulnerability recently discovered in a popular WordPress plugin, is being actively abused in the wild, researchers have said, with hackers potentially able to use the flaw to fully take over a victim’s website. WordPress security firm Patchstack first discovered an SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability in the WP‑Automatic plugin, in mid-March 2024. WP-Automatic is … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of WordPress websites are vulnerable to a critical severity flaw which allows threat actors to upload malware to the site through a bug in a plugin. As reported by BleepingComputer, Japan’s CERT recently found a critical severity flaw (9.8) in the Forminator plugin, built by WPMU DEV. The flaw, now tracked as … Read more
Automattic, the company behind popular web management system WordPress, has purchased Beeper and will absorb Beeper’s 27 employees. Beeper made headlines back in December for Beeper Mini, an app that brought iMessage to Android devices. Beeper Mini used reverse engineered iMessage protocols and encryption, taking advantage of Apple’s own iMessage servers to let Android users … Read more
Another major WordPress plugin was found vulnerable to a high-severity flaw which allowed malicious actors to steal sensitive information from the website, including password hashes. LayerSlider has published a new security advisory, saying the product is now in version 7.10.1, but adding, “This update includes important security fixes.” While the announcement does not detail the … Read more
The digital landscape is constantly evolving, and with it, the tools we use to create our online presence. In the realm of website design, a new player is stepping up to the plate, promising to make the process of building a WordPress site not just easier, but more intuitive and tailored than ever before. Zip … Read more
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