Understanding CSRF: Cross-site Request Forgery Explained
Kyle Knight Cross-Site Request Forgery, often called CSRF (or its other nicknames, Session Riding and XSRF), is a tricky type of attack. In short, it lets attackers…
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Fake GIF Leveraged in Multi-Stage Reverse-Proxy Card Skimming Attack
Ben Martin In today’s post we’re going to review a sophisticated, multi-stage carding attack on a Magento eCommerce website. This malware leveraged a fake gif image file,…
What is a Zero-Day Vulnerability?
Gerson Ruiz Navigating the world of website security can feel like stepping into a minefield, especially when you have to navigate threats like zero-day vulnerabilities. Zero-days are…
New Guide: Broken Access Control
Rianna MacLeod The complexity of modern websites exposes countless potential vulnerabilities to lurking attackers. One of the most underestimated threats? Broken Access Control (BAC). The risk lies…
WPScan Intro: How to Install the WordPress Vulnerability Scanner
Alycia Mitchell What does your WordPress site look like to hackers? Would it be tough to crack? Or does it have unlocked doors and unlatched windows just waiting for someone…
Vulnerable Plugins: June 2020 Update
John Castro This is a mid-month update to our regular Monthly Vulnerability Digest, which reveals a number of new patches for disclosed vulnerabilities. Plugin Vulnerability Patched Version…
Vulnerabilities Digest: May 2020
Relevant Plugins and Vulnerabilities: Plugin Vulnerability Patched Version Installs WP Product Review Unauthenticated Stored XSS 3.7.6 40000 Form Maker by 10Web Authenticated SQL Injection —…
Vulnerabilities Digest: April 2020
Relevant Plugins and Vulnerabilities: Plugin Vulnerability Patched Version Installs Widget Settings Importer/Exporter Stored XSS Closed 40000 Accordion Stored/Reflected XSS 2.2.9 30000 Support Ticket System By…
WPTF Hybrid Composer – Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update
With almost 300 installs, WPTF – Hybrid Composer is a framework that helps users easily create custom themes for WordPress. We recently noticed an increase…
Social Warfare Vulnerability Probes
Denis Sinegubko After a recent disclosure of the Social Warfare plugin vulnerability, we’ve seen massive attacks that inject malicious JavaScripts into the plugin options. The vulnerability has…
Super Amazon Banners Plugin Gone Rogue
Krasimir Konov During a recent investigation we found the plugin Super Amazon Banners to be serving malware/spam via the domain seoranker[.]info. We suspect that the domain expired…