A tainted version was pushed as an update to more than 800,000 active websites.
Hackers hijacked the update system for the Smart Slider 3 Pro plugin for WordPress and Joomla, and pushed a malicious version with multiple backdoors. The developer says that only the Pro version ...
An attacker purchased 30+ WordPress plugins on Flippa, planted backdoors that lay dormant for eight months, then activated ...
Smart Slider 3 WordPress plugin (used on 800,000 sites) carried Arbitrary File Read flaw enabling access to sensitive server files Vulnerability allowed even low-privileged accounts to exfiltrate ...
More than 30 WordPress plugins tied to the developer Essential Plugin were taken offline after a hidden backdoor was found in code distributed to live websites, exposing site owners to unauthorised ...