Critical WordPress Automatic Plugin Vulnerability Exploited to Inject Backdoors

April 26, 2024 at 06:12AM Threat actors are exploiting a critical-severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-27956, CVSS score 9.8) in WordPress Automatic plugin, allowing them to inject malicious code, gain admin privileges, create new accounts, and maintain access to compromised sites. Over 5 million exploit attempts have been seen. Users are advised to update to version 3.92.1 to … Read more