WordPress Hunk Companion Plugin Flaw Exploited to Silently Install Vulnerable Plugins – [email protected] (The Hacker News)

– [[{“value”:”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”}]]  – Read More  – The Hacker News