WP Maps Pro bug exploited to create admin accounts on WordPress sites
2026-06-01T01:23:29Z•7c2e70e6255ac5495829bef5ed3bb7f74ee0a499fcb5e17c6a0e15dcacd63c5b
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What happened
Multiple active and high-impact threats reported: attackers are exploiting a WP Maps Pro vulnerability to create unauthenticated admin accounts on WordPress sites; Palo Alto GlobalProtect PAN-OS authentication bypass (CVE-2026-0257) is being actively exploited to breach networks; a newly disclosed local Linux privilege-escalation (dubbed CIFSwitch) can yield root on multiple distributions; threat actors abuse ChatGPT share links to host fake outage pages that deliver malware; additional notable incidents include a lawsuit against 23andMe over a 2023 breach, the evolution of DDoS-as-a-Service,t
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- bleepingcomputer
- Record identifier
- 7c2e70e6255ac5495829bef5ed3bb7f74ee0a499fcb5e17c6a0e15dcacd63c5b
- Enrichment time
- 2026-06-01T01:23:29Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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