Hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in the "Hunk Companion" plugin to install and activate other plugins with exploitable flaws directly from the WordPress.org repository. By installing ...

Hackers have come up with a never-before-seen method of installing backdoored plugins on websites running the open-source WordPress CMS, and this new technique relies on using weakly protected ...

WordPress has gathered a lot of fans from across the globe and currently, it is powering more than a third of all the websites, according to a report. It has acquired popularity due to its great ...

Thousands of WordPress websites are at risk of being completely taken over by hackers, after the updating process of multiple plugins was compromised to deploy malicious code. Security researchers ...

A newly disclosed security vulnerability waffects the BuddyPress plugin, a WordPress plugin installed in over 100,000 websites. The vulnerability, given a threat level rating of 7.3 (high), enables ...