Retro Revival: Old WordPress Plugin Flaw Still Stealing Credentials Like It’s 2023

In a nostalgia-inducing twist, hackers have revived an old WP Compress WordPress plugin vulnerability exploit to steal database credentials. The supposedly patched flaw is still at large, making the cybersecurity record system look like a badly scripted soap opera. Update your plugin and pray for luck – we’re in for a wild cyber-ride!

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So, it turns out hackers decided to take a stroll down memory lane and relive the good old days by dusting off an old vulnerability in the WP Compress plugin for WordPress. You'd think they would be too busy developing new and exotic ways to ruin our days, but no, they're all about that retro vibe. And, in a plot twist that makes a daytime soap opera look predictable, the supposedly fixed flaw is still doing its thing, stealing database credentials and making a mockery of the CVE record system.

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