WordPress plugin vulnerability exposes 80,000 sites to remote takeover

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Jessica Haworth

29 July 2020 at 11:19 UTC

Updated: 29 July 2020 at 11:20 UTC

Critical bug in wpDiscuz add-on has now been patched

A vulnerability in a popular WordPress plugin in leaves 80,000 users exposed to remote takeover

A critical vulnerability in a WordPress plugin with more than 80,000 active installations allowed unauthenticated attackers to take full control of a target website.

The security flaw, present in wpDiscuz comment plugin, enabled attackers to upload arbitrary files in order to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on a vulnerable site’s backend server.

The wpDiscuz…

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