WP Maps Pro bug exploited to create admin accounts on WordPress sites
2026-06-01T07:23:29Z•e25ba64982bbd9d16140a080c74eef498ef581d64a3d81df83d151eb3e5a1580
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What happened
Multiple high-risk threats and incidents were reported: a vulnerability in the WP Maps Pro WordPress plugin is being abused to create unauthenticated admin accounts; attackers are actively exploiting a PAN‑OS GlobalProtect authentication bypass (CVE-2026-0257) to breach networks; a new local privilege escalation in the Linux kernel dubbed “CIFSwitch” can yield root on multiple distributions; ChatGPT share links are being abused to host fake outage pages that deliver malware; and other notable items include a 17‑million‑device botnet disruption, large data breaches (Charter, 23andMe lawsuit), D
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- bleepingcomputer
- Record identifier
- e25ba64982bbd9d16140a080c74eef498ef581d64a3d81df83d151eb3e5a1580
- Enrichment time
- 2026-06-01T07:23:29Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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