WP RCE MAY 2025: 12 Dirty WP Remote Code Execution (infographic)

Be informed about the latest WP Remote Code Execution, identified and reported publicly. WP RCE MAY 2025 is -61% DECREASE, 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.

WP RCE MAY 2025

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 MAY 2025 category: