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WordPress Design Flaw + WooCommerce Vulnerability Leads to Site Takeover

November 6th, 2018 , By Lawrence Abrams

 

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A design flaw in the WordPress permission system used by plugins and a file deletion vulnerability in a very popular eCommerce plugin called WooCommerce could allow attackers to gain full control over a WordPress site.

 

WooCommerce by Automattic is a popular WordPress plugin that adds eCommerce functionality to a blog so that site owners can host their own stores. According to the WooCommerce plugin page at WordPress.org, there are over 4 million active installations of the plugin.

 

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