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WordPress RCE Flaw Draws Nearly 63,000 Attack Attempts in Just 24 Hours

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Published by the source: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:38:14 +0530

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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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