AdSanity, AccessPress Plugins Open Scads of WordPress Sites to Takeover
A critical security bug and a months-long, ongoing supply-chain attack spell trouble for WordPress users.
Vulnerabilities
Linux Servers at Risk of RCE Due to Critical CWP Bugs
The two flaws in Control Web Panel – a popular web hosting management software used by 200K+ servers – allow code execution as root on Linux servers.
Surge in Malicious QR Codes Sparks FBI Alert
QR codes have become a go-to staple for contactless transactions of all sorts during the pandemic, and the FBI is warning cybercriminals are capitalizing on their lax security to steal data and money, and drop malware.
The bug can allow attackers to remotely execute code on gamers’ computers. The devs temporarily deactivated PvP servers across multiple affected versions.
What attracts the attackers? David “moose” Wolpoff, CTO at Randori, discusses how to evaluate your infrastructure for juicy targets.
The WordPress WP HTML Mail plugin for personalized emails is vulnerable to code injection and phishing due to XSS.
McAfee has patched two high-severity bugs in its Agent component, one of which can allow attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges.
Cisco issued a critical fix for a flaw in its Cisco RCM for Cisco StarOS Software that could give attackers RCE on the application with root-level privileges.
UPDATE: SolarWinds has fixed a Serv-U bug discovered when attackers used the Log4j flaw to try to log in to the file-sharing software.
The information-disclosure issue, affecting Macs, iPhones and iPads, allows a snooping website to find out information about other tabs a user might have open.
