Recent plugin bug leads to millions of WordPress sites being probed and attacked

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The plugin, which was installed on more than 700,000 sites, allowed the attacker to take over the victim’s site by uploading a web shell disguised inside an image file on the victim’s server. It is unclear how the zero-day vulnerability was discovered by hackers, however the File Manager developers responded quickly, creating and releasing a […]

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