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Hunk Companion WordPress plugin exploited to install vulnerable plugins

Hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in the "Hunk Companion" plugin to install and activate other plugins with exploitable flaws directly from the WordPress.org repository. By installing ...
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Backdoor Found in WordPress Plugin With More Than 300,000 Installations

A WordPress plugin installed on over 300,000 sites was recently modified to download and install a hidden backdoor. The WordPress team has intervened and removed this plugin from the official ...

Security Flaw in WordPress Plugin Puts 400,000 Websites at Risk

A security flaw in the Ally WordPress plugin used on more than 400,000 sites could allow attackers to extract sensitive data ...

WordPress Releases AI Plugins For Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, And OpenAI

PHP 7.4 or higher is required to use these plugins and of course an API key for the AI model. Users on WordPress 6.9 will need to install the WordPress PHP AI client SDK. WordPress 7.0 which rolls out ...