Hackers exploit auth bypass flaw in Burst Statistics WordPress plugin

Hackers are leveraging a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Burst Statistics to obtain ...
Bitdefender

Burst Statistics flaw opens WordPress sites to admin takeover

Hackers are exploiting CVE-2026-8181 in Burst Statistics to hijack WordPress sites. Users should update to version 3.4.2 now.
Bleeping Computer

WordPress REST API Flaw Used to Install Backdoors

Attackers have found a way to escalate the benign WordPress REST API flaw and use it to gain full access to a victim's server by installing a hidden backdoor. On January 26, the WordPress team ...
Threat Post

20K WordPress Sites Exposed by Insecure Plugin REST-API

The WordPress WP HTML Mail plugin for personalized emails is vulnerable to code injection and phishing due to XSS. More than 20,000 WordPress sites are vulnerable to malicious code injection, phishing ...
Searchenginejournal.com

WordPress Ninja Forms Vulnerability Exposes Over a Million Sites

Today it was disclosed that the popular WordPress contact form called Ninja Forms patched two vulnerabilities, affecting over 1 million WordPress installations. This represents another in a growing ...