In a recent discovery, over 50,000 WordPress sites using the popular “Uncanny Automator” plugin have been found vulnerable to privilege escalation attacks. This alarming flaw allows authenticated users, even those with minimal subscriber-level access, to elevate their privileges to administrator status, posing a severe threat to website security. On March 5, 2025, security researcher mikemyers […]
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