WordPress security plugin Hide My WP addresses SQL injection, deactivation flaws.

25-Nov-21

A severe SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability and a security vulnerability in Hide My WP, a popular WordPress security plugin, allowed unauthenticated attackers to deactivate the software.

Now patched, the bugs were discovered during an audit of several plugins on a customer’s website by Dave Jong, CTO of Patchstack, which protects WordPress websites from vulnerabilities and runs a WordPressfocused bug hunting platform.

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