WordPress Woes: Thousands of Sites Hacked via Popup Plugin Vulnerability!

Don’t let your WordPress popups pop your security bubble! Over 3,000 websites didn’t update a plugin and got a nasty surprise: a one-way ticket to Hacksville. Update or risk the digital hijinks! #PopupBuilderPandemonium 🚨💻🎈

Published: Added: March 11, 2024 at 9:54 amAssembled by: J J
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Remember when we thought pop-ups were just annoying? Well, now they're downright malicious. More than 3,000 WordPress websites fell victim to a party crasher, a.k.a. an XSS vulnerability in Popup Builder. The moral of the story? Update your plugins, folks, or you might unwittingly host the internet equivalent of a sketchy back-alley deal.

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