Security vulnerabilities with critical risk ratings are present in widespread WordPress plugins. One is already being attacked.

A critical WordPress Modular DS plugin flaw (CVE-2026-23550) allows unauthenticated attackers to gain admin access; patched ...

Jetpack, a WordPress plug-in for boosting website security and speed has issued a critical update following a routine audit that turned up a security vulnerability in its API. Jetpack issued an ...

Security researchers confirmed in-the-wild exploitations of the mx-severity flaw, allowing unauthenticated actors gain full ...

An advisory was issued for a WordPress plugin vulnerability that can enable unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious ...

WordPress membership plugin vulnerability exposing sensitive Stripe payment data affects up to 10,000 websites.

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability has been discovered impacting the WordPress plugin 'Really Simple Security' (formerly 'Really Simple SSL'), including both free and Pro versions. Really ...

A dangerous malware variant disguised as a legitimate WordPress plugin has been uncovered by security researchers. The malware, named “WP-antymalwary-bot.php,” gives attackers persistent access to ...

When users set up a brand new WordPress-powered website, they have long been greeted by a default, introductory post simply titled "Hello world!" But, now it's time for WordPress to say a farewell.