Tag Archives: WordPress

WordPress 5.9.3 released

Posted on 2022-04-06 by guenni

As of April 5, 2022, the developers have released WordPress 5.9.3. It is a maintenance update that includes 9 fixes in Core and 10 fixes in the Block Editor. Details about the fixes can be found in the release notes. … Continue reading →

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WordPress Version 5.9.2

Posted on 2022-03-11 by guenni

WordPress 5.9.2 was released on March 10, 2022. It is a security update that fixes three vulnerabilities and one bug. The bug is a fix in the live preview of themes. I didn't find anything about the security fixes – … Continue reading →

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

WordPress Version 5.9.1 released

Posted on 2022-02-23 by guenni

As of Feb. 22, 022, WordPress version 5.9.1 has been released. It is a maintenance update that is supposed to fix 82 bugs. In the release notes talks about 33 bug fixes in the WordPress core and 52 bugs in … Continue reading →

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WordPress: Backdoors in AccessPress Themes and Plugins

Posted on 2022-01-22 by guenni

[German]WordPress users beware, there are again massive vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins and themes due to a supply chain attack on the provider AccessPress. In dozens of plugins and themes of this provider hackers have built backdoors to hack the sites … Continue reading →

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WordPress 5.8.3 released

Posted on 2022-01-06 by guenni

WordPress version 5.8.3 has been released on January 6, 2022. This new version fixes 4 security issues affect WordPress versions between 3.7 and 5.8. If you haven't yet updated to 5.8, all WordPress versions since 3.7 have also been updated … Continue reading →

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WordPress: 800,000 websites compromisable by All in One SEO plugin

Posted on 2021-12-23 by guenni

[German]The popular WordPress plugin All in One SEO has two vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-25036 and CVE-2021-25037), which make the corresponding installations vulnerable. Since the plugin is quite popular, you should immediately look to get an updated version. Otherwise, the WordPress instance will … Continue reading →

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Heavy attacks on 1.6 million WordPress sites (Dec. 9, 2021)

Posted on 2021-12-10 by guenni

[German]Security vendor WordFence's Threat Intelligence team noticed a dramatic increase in vulnerability attacks on WordPress instances on December 9, 2021. In the past 36 hours, the Wordfence network has blocked over 13.7 million attacks against four different plugins and several … Continue reading →

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WordPress Plugin Hide My WP with SQL Injection Vulnerability

Posted on 2021-11-26 by guenni

[German]One of the most popular "security" plugins for WordPress, Hide My WP, has just attracted negative attention due to a fat SQL injection vulnerability. Another bug allows an attacker to simply disable the plugin Advertising

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WordPress: Sites hacked via plugin, shows fake ransomware claim (Nov. 2021)

Posted on 2021-11-19 by guenni

[German]Currently, some operators of WordPress sites are caught on the wrong foot. The affected WordPress instances show a warning that the site is encrypted. A ransom of 0.1 Bitcoin is demanded for decryption. However, the WordPress instance is not encrypted, … Continue reading →

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WordPress 5.8.2 released

Posted on 2021-11-11 by guenni

The developers have released WordPress 5.8.2 on November 10, 2021. This maintenance and security update fixes a security issue and 2 bugs. The changed files are described here. Here in the blogs the update to the new version was executed … Continue reading →

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