Hackers have exploited --and are currently continuing to exploit-- a now-patched zero-day vulnerability in a popular WordPress plugin to install backdoors and take over sites. The vulnerability ...

“Through the open source version of WordPress, sites can use more than 55,000 plug-ins created by other companies and developers to provide features that a site needs, like forms for soliciting people ...

Researchers are urging users of the GDPR Cookie Consent WordPress plugin to update as soon as possible. A popular WordPress plugin, which helps make websites compliant with the General Data Protection ...

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Critical bugs found in the WordPress GDPR Cookie Consent plugin used by over 700,000 websites allow potential attackers to delete and change content and inject malicious JavaScript code due to ...

In this month's open source news roundup, WordPress, Liferay, Magnolia and Joomla have some new contributions worth talking about. WordPress 4.9.6 is now available, bringing a whole bunch of ...

A WARNING has been issued against WordPress users to update a plugin that had introduced a critical security flaw. The General Data Protection (GDPR) compliance plugin allowed users to easily ensure ...

Attackers have been exploiting a security weakness in a GDPR compliance plugin for WordPress to seize control of vulnerable websites, according to a blog post by Defiant, which makes Wordfence ...

AgeLocator has launched a WordPress age verification plugin addressing the 60% abandonment rate phenomenon through live ...