December 15, 2017 By Bradley Barth
Attackers have exploited an old WordPress vulnerability to infect more than one thousand websites with malware capable of injecting malvertising and even creating a rogue admin user with full access privileges, according to researchers.
The exploited flaw is specifically found in outdated versions of the WordPress tagDiv Newspaper and Newsmag themes, according to a Dec. 14 blog post by Sucuri security analyst Douglas Santos. (Sucuri explains the vulnerability in further detail in an older report here.)
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Attackers exploit old WordPress to inject sites with code enabling site redirection, takeover
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