{"id":2515,"date":"2024-05-09T04:40:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T04:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/certera.com\/blog\/?p=2515"},"modified":"2024-05-09T04:40:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T04:40:18","slug":"critical-wordpress-automatic-plugin-vulnerability-hits-by-millions-of-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/certera.com\/blog\/critical-wordpress-automatic-plugin-vulnerability-hits-by-millions-of-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical WordPress Automatic Plugin Vulnerability Hits by Millions of Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WordPress security scanner WPScan alerts users that threat actors inject malicious code onto websites using a critical severity vulnerability in the WordPress Automatic plugin.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attackers started to focus on a <strong><em>critical severity vulnerability in the WordPress plugin WP Automatic<\/em><\/strong>, which allows them to deploy backdoors for permanent access and create user accounts with administrative privileges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This vulnerability is significant since attackers can control compromised websites, create admin-level user accounts, share malicious files, and access websites without authorization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Administrators can automate importing content (text, photos, and video) from several online sources and publish&nbsp;it on their WordPress website with WP Automatic, currently deployed on over 30,000 websites.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exploited vulnerability has a severity level of 9.9\/10, known as CVE-2024-27956.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Since March 13, 2024<\/strong>, when PatchStack made the vulnerability public, attackers have started to focus on WordPress websites to establish user accounts with administrative capabilities and install backdoors for permanent access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a flaw in the plugin&#8217;s user authentication system that allows SQL queries to be submitted to the site&#8217;s database without authorization. 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