A critical security alert has been issued for users of TheGem, a premium WordPress theme installed on over 82,000 websites worldwide. If you’re using this theme, you could be vulnerable to a full-site takeover. 🔥 Two newly discovered vulnerabilities in TheGem (version 5.10.3 and earlier) open the door for remote code execution (RCE)—meaning hackers could […]
Category Archives: Wordpress News
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WordPress is a leading content management system (CMS) that powers over 40% of websites worldwide. Launched in 2003 as a blogging tool, it has grown into a flexible platform for creating everything from personal blogs to e-commerce stores and corporate websites. Its ease of use, open-source nature, and vast ecosystem of themes and plugins make […]
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February 27, 2025 | Boston, MA In a dramatic turn of events early in the morning, multiple Boston University WordPress sites experienced severe disruptions, leaving users in the dark with error messages such as “Error establishing a database connection” and “502 Bad Gateway.” This unexpected technical outage, which began at approximately 1:00 AM, sparked immediate […]
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BREAKING: Thousands of WordPress sites hijacked to spread Windows and Mac malware – how to stay safe
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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Thousands of WordPress sites have been hijacked to distribute info-stealing malware, according to security researchers at cybersecurity company c/side. By exploiting outdated versions of WordPress sites and plug-ins, hackers have taken over and then used these vulnerable sites to […]
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Recently discovered flaw allows threat actors to access sensitive information W3 Total Cache, a popular website performance optimization WordPress plugin, reportedly carried a high-severity vulnerability which allowed attackers to access sensitive information, abuse service plan limits, and run unauthorized actions. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-12365, and has a severity score of 8.5/10 (high). It occurs […]
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WordPress “Popular Posts Plugin” Affects Over 100k Websites High-severity vulnerability discovered in a Popular Posts plugin makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary shortcodes An advisory has been issued about a high-severity WordPress vulnerability that makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary shortcodes into sites using the WordPress Popular Posts plugin. Attackers do […]