The Five Eyes security agencies warn: an active campaign is scanning the internet for WordPress sites with vulnerable plugins and installing webshells that give attackers complete control over them.
It’s not a single breach, but a wave of attacks that exploit known vulnerabilities in popular plugins—forms, caching, backups, and booking systems—on a massive scale. Once compromised, a website can be used to host scams, lose data, or become a gateway to the rest of the network. Small businesses are already among the targets.
What are you doing today:
- Update WordPress and all your plugins—patches for these vulnerabilities are already available.
- Delete any plugins you no longer use; every inactive plugin leaves a backdoor open.
- Make sure you have a recent, working backup so you can restore your site to a clean state if necessary.
At many small companies, the website is the only system visible to the public, and no one pays attention to it until it breaks. If you don’t have someone to keep your plugins up to date, that’s exactly what a maintenance contract covers. 🔒
Source: GBHackers / ACSC (Five Eyes) — https://gbhackers.com/wordpress-plugin-vulnerabilities/
This article was generated with AI assistance.