wp2shell: Pre Authentication RCE in WordPress Core › Searchlight Cyber
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Critical issue discovered in WordPress Core affecting the majority of WordPress-built sites. The zero-day is a pre-authentication Remote Code Execution (RCE) that can be used by attackers to run malicious code to steal data or seize control without requiring login details...

7.0.2 got released on Friday. Exploits are already happening. People reporting hacks

  • Marthirial@lemmy.worldEnglish
    46·
    2 months ago

    I have developed and hosted over 760 WP sites since 2006 and have never been hacked. Ever.

    Mediocre craftspeople blame their tools.

    • kungen@feddit.nuEnglish
      142·
      2 months ago

      I’ve driven a poorly designed car without many safety features for years, and I’ve never flown through the windshield, ever.

    • loo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      2 months ago

      Glad you got lucky. But a tool having one critical vulnerability after another has nothing to do with mediocre craftsmanship and blaming admins for getting hacked after updating their software is nothing but disrespectful and condescending