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Think Like a Hacker Episode 107

Episode 107: Two Plugin Vulnerabilities Target File Upload Capabilities

The Wordfence Threat intelligence team finds vulnerabilities in two plugins, the User Profile Picture plugin and the WooCommerce Upload Files plugin. WordPress 5.7 is set to release on Tuesday, March 9 with numerous enhancements for the block editor, a new robots.txt API, and a stay of execution on jQuery-migrate. A zero day affecting Microsoft Exchange …
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$937 Bounty Awarded for Privilege Escalation and Local File Inclusion Vulnerabilities Patched in MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin

🎉 Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! On February 25th, 2024, during our second Bug Bounty Extravaganza, we received a submission for a Privilege …
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$1,313 Bounty Awarded for Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Patched in Academy LMS WordPress Plugin

🎉 Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through February 29th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! On February 14th, 2024, during our second Bug Bounty Extravaganza, we received a submission for a Privilege …
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Wordfence CLI 2.1.0

Wordfence CLI 2.1.0 Adds Email Capability and Unattended Configuration

Note: This post refers to Wordfence CLI, the command line tool for operations teams to rapidly scan large numbers of WordPress websites for vulnerabilities and malware, not the Wordfence plugin which is deeply integrated into WordPress and provides additional functionality, like a firewall, two-factor authentication and more. We’ve just released Wordfence CLI 2.1.0 which includes …
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Several Critical Vulnerabilities including Privilege Escalation, Authentication Bypass, and More Patched in UserPro WordPress Plugin

On May 1, 2023, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team began the responsible disclosure process for multiple high and critical severity vulnerabilities we discovered in Kirotech’s UserPro plugin, which is actively installed on more than 20,000 WordPress websites. Wordfence Premium, Wordfence Care, and Wordfence Response users received several firewall rules to protect against any exploits targeting these vulnerabilities …
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Know Your Malware Part Two – Hacky Obfuscation Techniques

In the first post in this series, we covered common PHP encoding techniques and how they’re used by malware to hide from security analysts and scanners. In today’s post, we’re going to dive a little bit deeper into other obfuscation techniques that make use of other features available in PHP. Obfuscation Redux In the first …
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Backdoor Masquerading as Legitimate Plugin

As part of our product lineup, we offer security monitoring and malware removal services to our Wordfence Care and Response customers. In the event of a security incident, our incident response team will investigate the root cause, find and remove malware from your site, and help with other complications that may arise as a result …
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Know your Malware – A Beginner’s Guide to Encoding Techniques Used to Obfuscate Malware

With the launch of Wordfence CLI, our high performance security scanner that can detect the vast majority of PHP malware targeting WordPress, Wordfence continues to emphasize the importance of malware detection and remediation. Malware targeting WordPress uses a variety of obfuscation techniques to avoid detection, and today’s post dives into some of the most common …
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Malware Scanning: An Essential Layer of Website Security

Wordfence recently launched Wordfence CLI, a high performance command line malware scanner, which makes use of our extensive set of malware detection signatures to rapidly scan file systems for infections. In recent years, the WordPress community has seen a shift in emphasis towards prevention, rather than detection, of security incidents. This reflects the increased adoption …
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Threat Actors Using Obfuscation in Attempt to Evade Detection

As part of our product lineup, we offer security monitoring and malware removal services to our Wordfence Care and Response customers. In the event of a security incident, our incident response team will investigate the root cause, find and remove malware from your site, and help with other complications that may arise as a result …
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