VERT Reads All About It - Cybersecurity News March 27, 2023

The Tripwire Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) keeps its finger on the cybersecurity pulse. Check out some of the stories that stood out for us recently: WordPress forced the patching of WooCommerce Plugin The WooCommerce Plugin is subject to a privilege escalation vulnerability where an unauthenticated attacker could gain admin access to vulnerable stores. This vulnerability allows attackers to impersonate administrators and take over vulnerable websites. At this point, the vulnerability was not publicly exploited on the internet. Admins …

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