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WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup April 2024

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners about potential threats to their environments, we’ve Continue reading WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup April 2024

WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup March 2024

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners about potential threats to their environments, we’ve Continue reading WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup March 2024

New Malware Campaign Found Exploiting Stored XSS in Popup Builder < 4.2.3

In January, my colleague reported about a new Balada Injector campaign found exploiting a recent vulnerability in the widely-used Popup Builder WordPress plugin which was initially disclosed back in November, 2023 by Marc Montpas. In the past three weeks, we’ve Continue reading New Malware Campaign Found Exploiting Stored XSS in Popup Builder < 4.2.3

Vulnerability & Patch Roundup January 2024

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners on emerging threats to their environments, we’ve Continue reading Vulnerability & Patch Roundup January 2024

Thousands of Sites with Popup Builder Compromised by Balada Injector

On December 11, 2023 WPScan published Marc Montpas’ research on the stored XSS vulnerability in the popular Popup Builder plugin (200,000+ active installation) that was fixed in version 4.2.3. A couple of days later, on December 13th, the Balada Injector Continue reading Thousands of Sites with Popup Builder Compromised by Balada Injector

WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup December 2023

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners on emerging threats to their environments, we’ve Continue reading WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup December 2023

WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup November 2023

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners on emerging threats to their environments, we’ve Continue reading WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup November 2023

Black Friday & Cyber Monday Ecommerce Security Threats

Consumers spent a whopping $35.3 billion during last year’s cyber week shopping season. With Cyber Monday accounting for $11.3 billion in revenue alone, this period remains one of the biggest online shopping events of the year. Unfortunately, hackers are making Continue reading Black Friday & Cyber Monday Ecommerce Security Threats

WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup October 2023

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners on emerging threats to their environments, we’ve Continue reading WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup October 2023

Balada Injector Targets Unpatched tagDiv Plugin, Newspaper Theme & WordPress Admins

In the middle of September 2023, vulnerability advisory resources disclosed the details of an Unauthenticated Stored XSS vulnerability in the tagDiv Composer (the companion plugin for the popular tagDiv premium themes Newspaper and Newsmag). Shortly after that, we started noticing Continue reading Balada Injector Targets Unpatched tagDiv Plugin, Newspaper Theme & WordPress Admins

WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup September 2023

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners on emerging threats to their environments, we’ve Continue reading WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup September 2023

WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup August 2023

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners on emerging threats to their environments, we’ve Continue reading WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup August 2023

WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup July 2023

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners on emerging threats to their environments, we’ve Continue reading WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup July 2023

WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup June 2023

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners on emerging threats to their environments, we’ve Continue reading WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup June 2023

WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup May 2023

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners on emerging threats to their environments, we’ve Continue reading WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup May 2023

WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup April 2023

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners on emerging threats to their environments, we’ve Continue reading WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup April 2023

WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup March 2023

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners on emerging threats to their environments, we’ve Continue reading WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup March 2023

The Top 10 Most Dangerous Types of Injection Attacks

When it comes to protecting your website from bad actors, there’s one threat you should be aware of: injection attacks. These attacks target weaknesses in your website’s security and are unfortunately quite common. In fact, the well-known organization OWASP ranks Continue reading The Top 10 Most Dangerous Types of Injection Attacks