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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 utilities. It allows site administrators to add features such as registration forms and widgets. The...

A poorly configured file opens users up to site takeover. Easy WP SMTP, a WordPress plugin for email management that has more than 500,000 installations, has a vulnerability that could open the site up to takeover, researchers said. Easy WP SMTP allows users to configure and send all outgoing emails via a SMTP server, so that they don’t end up in the recipient’s junk/spam folder. Version 1.4.2 and below contains a flaw in the debug file that is exposed because of a fundamental error in how the plugin maintains a folder, according to researchers at GBHackers. “[The vulnerability] would a...