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Be informed about the latest WP Remote Code Execution, identified and reported publicly. WP RCE DEC 2024 is SIMILARLY HIGH compared to previous month. Consider for your online safety, a security AUDIT, – OR – switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed Security.
What is RCE?
TLDR: RCE vulnerabilities are used to deploy and execute ransomware on a vulnerable domains. While these are some of the most common impacts of RCE vulnerabilities, an RCE vulnerability can provide an attacker with full access and control over the targeted site.
RCE is short for Remote Code Execution. A security flaw in software or hardware allowing arbitrary code execution. A program that is designed to exploit such a vulnerability is called an arbitrary code execution exploit. The ability to trigger arbitrary code execution over a network (especially via a wide-area network such as the Internet) is often referred to as remote code execution (RCE). Read more on wikipedia.org: Arbitrary code execution.
As these non-enforced access cases from publicly reported vulnerable plugins are on your domain, it opens unrestricted and uncontested access from a security point of view. The following cases made headlines PUBLICLY just last month in the WP RCE DEC 2024 category:
| AccessPress Staple Theme | Arbitrary Plugin Activation (BAC) and DeActivation (BAC) to Remote Code Execution (RCE) |
| Debug Tool | Remote Code Execution (RCE) |
| Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner | Remote Code Execution (RCE) |
| Grip Theme | Arbitrary Plugin Activation (BAC) and DeActivation (BAC) to Remote Code Execution (RCE) |
| Media Library Assistant | Remote Code Execution (RCE) |
| Podlove Podcast Publisher | Remote Code Execution (RCE) |
| Popup by Supsystic | Remote Code Execution (RCE) |
| Rank Math SEO | Arbitrary htaccess Overwrite (BAC) to Remote Code Execution (RCE) |
| Total Upkeep | Remote Code Execution (RCE) from Backup Settings |
| Widget Options | Remote Code Execution (RCE) |
| WP Quick Setup | Arbitrary Plugin and Theme Installation (BAC) to Remote Code Execution (RCE) |
| WP Remote Code Execution (RCE) reported in 2023: | 38 |
| WP Remote Code Execution (RCE) reported in 2024: | 78 |
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