Kirki, Burst Statistics WordPress Plugin Flaws in Attackers’ Crosshairs
2026-06-03T13:24:05Z•845a315083fa577676bd8a22575205dbc0a57fdc3618aa9d0bc885ab86e2948d
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What happened
This feed covers multiple active security issues: threat actors are actively exploiting vulnerabilities in the Kirki and Burst Statistics WordPress plugins to escalate privileges and take over sites; an exploited Linux kernel bug enables local privilege escalation and container escape; a new “HTTP/2 Bomb” attack can knock web servers offline in seconds by combining compression-bombing with connection-holding techniques; a prolonged espionage operation against a global stock exchange exposed a senior executive’s email for ~150 days with data exfiltration; a third-party-managed legacy server led
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- securityweek
- Record identifier
- 845a315083fa577676bd8a22575205dbc0a57fdc3618aa9d0bc885ab86e2948d
- Enrichment time
- 2026-06-03T13:24:05Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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