Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture premium plugin for WordPress to upload a PHP backdoor. [...]
EPSS 0.02 CVE-2026-27540 WordPress WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture US
Classification: Severe, Solution: Official Fix, Exploit Maturity: Proof-of-Concept, CVSSv3.1: 9.8, CVEs: CVE-2026-61979, CVE-2026-15981, Summary: The two vulnerabilities observed in exploitation attempts are tracked as CVE-2026-61979 and CVE-2026-15981 and can be chained together to bypass authentication. Because the miniOrange SAML SSO plugin accepts the signature algorithm from incoming SAML responses instead of enforcing the configured one, an attacker can leverage CVE-2026-61979 to select…
EPSS 0.01 CVSS 9.8 CVE-2026-15981 CVE-2026-61979 WordPress miniOrange FI US
Research by: Jaromír Hořejší (@JaromirHorejsi) Key points StopAndProtect is a newly identified operation that combines file encryption with data theft. The criminals abuse thousands of hacked WordPress websites as their infrastructure – using them to spread the malware, control infected machines, and store stolen documents, screenshots, and activity logs (records created by malware to track its actions, progress, or status during execution). Operational security (OPSEC) failures by the…
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