WordPress Hunk Companion Plugin Flaw Exploited to Silently Install Vulnerable Plugins

Discussion in 'News Aggregator' started by The Hacker News, 12 Dec 2024.

  1. Malicious actors are exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Hunk Companion plugin for WordPress to install other vulnerable plugins that could open the door to a variety of attacks. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-11972 (CVSS score: 9.8), affects all versions of the plugin prior to 1.9.0. The plugin has over 10,000 active installations. "This flaw poses a significant security risk, as it

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