WP Maps Pro Vulnerability Exploited to Take Over WordPress Sites
2026-06-01T19:24:11Z•e87200332276d3ef841f1fff39c02113679ca81e2000e168a1cd578d0aa413c6
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What happened
SecurityWeek roundup: Multiple high-risk vulnerabilities and active exploitation were reported. WP Maps Pro has a critical flaw (CVE-2026-8732) allowing unauthenticated attackers to create admin accounts and is being exploited to take over WordPress sites. Dutch police dismantled a massive 17-million-device botnet used as a residential proxy network. A critical Windows Netlogon vulnerability (CVE-2026-41089) is being actively targeted—organizations are urged to patch immediately. Proof-of-concept exploit code was published for a 19-year-old Linux kernel CIFSwitch privilege-escalation bug that能
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