WordPress RCE Flaw Draws Nearly 63,000 Attack Attempts in Just 24 Hours
This story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.6 Articles
6 Articles
Over 60,000 Attacks Target WordPress RCE Vulnerability Within 24 Hours
Hackers are targeting a WordPress Core remote code execution vulnerability that can expose websites during software updates. The supplied Wordfence threat intelligence snapshot lists 60,471 blocked attempts over 24 hours. These are attack attempts, not confirmed website compromises, and the figure does not establish how many individual sites were targeted. WordPress released version 7.1.4 on […]
A critical vulnerability in WordPress allows remote code execution under certain conditions during updates. Learn how race condition failure works, what risks it represents and how to protect your site with security updates and hardening measures on the web server.
The Hacker News
WordPress RCE Flaw Draws Nearly 63,000 Attack Attempts in Just 24 Hours
Threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a high-severity security flaw in WordPress Core shortly after patches were released. The vulnerability, which does not have a CVE identifier, relates to a case of remote code execution impacting WordPress Core versions 4.7 through 7.1.3. It carries a CVSS score of 8.1 on the CVSS scoring system. Patches for the flaw were released on October
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- There is no tracked Bias information for the sources covering this story.
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
