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minute read Share this article: The security hole in the Plus Addons for Elementor plugin was used in active zero-day attacks prior to a patch being issued. The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress has a critical security vulnerability that attackers can exploit to quickly, easily and remotely take over a website. First reported as a zero-day bug, researchers said it’s being actively attacked in the wild. The plugin, which has more than 30,000 active installations accor...

A patch in the NextGen Gallery WordPress plugin fixes critical and high-severity cross-site request forgery flaws. Researchers are urging WordPress websites that utilize the NextGen Gallery plugin to apply a patch addressing critical and high-severity flaws. The NextGen Gallery plugin, which is installed on 800,000 WordPress websites, allows sites to upload photos in batch quantities, import metadata and edit image thumbnails. Researchers discovered two cross-site request forgery (CSRF) flaws ...

minute read Share this article: The flaw could have let attackers send out custom newsletters and delete newsletter subscribers from 200,000 affected websites. Developers of a plugin, used by WordPress websites for building pop-up ads for newsletter subscriptions, have issued a patch for a serious flaw. The vulnerability could be exploited by attackers to send out newsletters with custom content, or to delete or import newsletter subscribers. The plugin in question is Popup Builde...

minute read Share this article: Two security vulnerabilities — one a privilege-escalation problem and the other a stored XSS bug — afflict a WordPress plugin with 40,000 installs. Two vulnerabilities (one critical) in a WordPress plugin called Orbit Fox could allow attackers to inject malicious code into vulnerable websites and/or take control of a website. Orbit Fox is a multi-featured WordPress plugin that works with the Elementor, Beaver Builder and Gutenberg site-building ...