16/09/2020
Millions of websites targeted in File Manager plugin vulnerability attacks.
According to The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, there is a dramatic increase in attacks targeting this plugin. This plugin is installed on over 700,000 WordPress websites, and they estimate that 37.4% or 261,800 websites are still running vulnerable versions of this plugin at the time of this publication. Read more here: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/09/millions-of-sites-targeted-in-file-manager-vulnerability-attacks/
What should you do?
- Check your WordPress site is still live
- Update all themes and plugins
- Check if the WP File Manager plugin is installed
If you have the vulnerable WP File Manager plugin, consider taking these actions: https://getflywheel.com/wordpress-support/how-to-address-the-wp-file-manager-vulnerability-september-2020/
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team is seeing a dramatic increase in attacks targeting the recent 0-day in the WordPress File Manager plugin. This plugin is installed on over 700,000 WordPress websites, and we estimate that 37.4% or 261,800 websites are still running vulnerable versions of this p...