Covered by 2 outlets — first reported by SecurityWeek, Oct 30, 12:04 UTC
Fresh WordPress Vulnerability in Attackers’ Crosshairs
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In brief
Threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a high-severity security flaw in WordPress Core shortly after patches were released. The vulnerability, which does not have a CVE identifier, relates to a case of remote code execution impacting WordPress Core versions 4.7 through 7.1.3. It carries a CVSS score of 8.1 on the CVSS scoring system. Patches for the flaw were released on October
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2 outlets, in the order they reported it.
SecurityWeekFirst report
Fresh WordPress Vulnerability in Attackers’ Crosshairs
Threat actors are attempting to exploit a high-severity unauthenticated race condition leading to remote code execution.
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WordPress RCE Flaw Draws Nearly 63,000 Attack Attempts in Just 24 Hours
Threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a high-severity security flaw in WordPress Core shortly after patches were released.
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- AttackRemote code execution · RCEA flaw that lets an attacker run their own code on someone else's machine over the network.
- ConceptCVSS · Common Vulnerability Scoring SystemA 0–10 score for how severe a vulnerability is in theory.
- ConceptExploitCode or a technique that turns a software flaw into something an attacker can actually use.
- ConceptCVE · Common Vulnerabilities and ExposuresThe public ID system for vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2026-12345, so everyone means the same bug.