Cybersecurity

A flaw in the Forminator plugin impacts hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites

A flaw in the Forminator plugin impacts hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2024 Japan’s CERT warns of a vulnerability in the Forminator WordPress plugin that allows unrestricted file uploads to the server. Japan’s CERT warned that the WordPress plugin Forminator, developed by WPMU DEV, is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including a […]

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Hacked WordPress Sites Abusing Visitors’ Browsers for Distributed Brute-Force Attacks

Mar 07, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Web Security Threat actors are conducting brute-force attacks against WordPress sites by leveraging malicious JavaScript injections, new findings from Sucuri reveal. The attacks, which take the form of distributed brute-force attacks, “target WordPress websites from the browsers of completely innocent and unsuspecting site visitors,” security researcher Denis Sinegubko said. The activity […]

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Balada Injector Infects Over 7,100 WordPress Sites Using Plugin Vulnerability

Jan 15, 2024NewsroomWebsite Security / Vulnerability Thousands of WordPress sites using a vulnerable version of the Popup Builder plugin have been compromised with a malware called Balada Injector. First documented by Doctor Web in January 2023, the campaign takes place in a series of periodic attack waves, weaponizing security flaws WordPress plugins to inject backdoor […]

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Flaw in AI Plugin Exposes 50,000 WordPress Sites to Remote Attack

A critical vulnerability has been identified in the AI Engine plugin for WordPress, specifically affecting its free version with over 50,000 active installations.  The plugin is widely recognized for its diverse AI-related functionalities, allowing users to create chatbots, manage content and utilize various AI tools such as translation, SEO and more.  According to an advisory […]

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Rogue WordPress Plugin Exposes E-Commerce Sites to Credit Card Theft

Dec 22, 2023NewsroomSkimming / Web Security Threat hunters have discovered a rogue WordPress plugin that’s capable of creating bogus administrator users and injecting malicious JavaScript code to steal credit card information. The skimming activity is part of a Magecart campaign targeting e-commerce websites, according to Sucuri. “As with many other malicious or fake WordPress plugins […]

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MageCart WordPress Plugin Injects Malicious User & Credit Card Skimmer

One of our analysts recently found an interesting malicious plugin injected into a WordPress / WooCommerce ecommerce website which both creates and conceals a bogus administrator user. It was also found injecting sophisticated credit card skimming JavaScript into the website’s checkout page. This plugin includes an interesting sample of malicious code which goes to great […]