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The WP User Control plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized password resets in versions up to, and including 1.5.3. This is due to the plugin using native password reset functionality, with insufficient validation on the password reset function (in the WP User Control Widget). The function changes the user's password after providing the email. The new password is only sent to the user's email, so the attacker does not have access to the new password.

The BAN Users plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.5.3 due to a missing capability check on the 'w3dev_save_ban_user_settings_callback' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify the plugin settings to access the ban and unban functionality and set the role of the unbanned user.

The Simplr Registration Form Plus+ plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object References in versions up to, and including, 2.4.5. This is due to the plugin providing user-controlled access to objects, letting a user bypass authorization and access system resources. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or above to change user passwords and potentially take over administrator accounts.

Categories: Threat Intelligence Tags: malvertising Tags: batloader Corporate users performing Google searches for the popular conferencing software Webex are being targeted in a malvertising campaign. (Read more...) The post PSA: Ongoing Webex malvertising campaign drops BatLoader appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-5061-01 - The dmidecode packages provide utilities for extracting Intel 64 and Intel Itanium hardware information from the system BIOS or Extensible Firmware Interface, depending on the SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, and asset tag, as well as other details, depending on the manufacturer.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-5069-01 - The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Issues addressed include bypass, information leakage, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Categories: Threat Intelligence Ransomware news in August was highlighted by the sudden fall of CL0P from the list of the monthly most active gangs, while Lockbit returned to the number one spot. (Read more...) The post Ransomware review: September 2023 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Xpand IT Write-back manager v2.3.1 uses a hardcoded salt in license class configuration which leads to the generation of a hardcoded and predictable symmetric encryption keys for license generation and validation.

A threat actor called Redfly has been linked to a compromise of a national grid located in an unnamed Asian country for as long as six months earlier this year using a known malware referred to as ShadowPad. "The attackers managed to steal credentials and compromise multiple computers on the organization's network," the Symantec Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, said in a report shared with

Signs suggest the culprits worked within a notorious Chinese hacker group that may have also hacked Indian electric utilities years earlier.