Tag: wordpress
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Security
Forminator’s 9.8 Flaw, and Eleven More Fixes in Nineteen Days
Forminator's 9.8 file upload flaw was patched seventeen days before it went public, and the changelog shows eleven more fixes around it.
Security
WordPress 7.0.4 Fixes a PNG That Runs Code. The Flaw Was Almost 10 Years Old.
WordPress 7.0.4 fixes a flaw where an image hiding PostScript runs code on the server. It needs an author account, and multi-author sites should hurry.
Industry reports
Google’s Field Data Ranks the Platforms Behind Live Sites by Speed, and the Gap Is More Than Twofold
Google's field data, broken out by host: Wix customers pass Core Web Vitals at 80%, HostGator's at 39%. A measured speed ranking for the industry.
Security
An AI Model Found the WordPress Flaw in Ten Hours for $25. Attackers Weaponized the Patch in Ninety Minutes.
An AI model found the WordPress core flaw in ten hours for about $25. After 7.0.2 shipped, attacks started 90 minutes later. WordPress 7.0.3 is out.
Security
A Once-a-Decade WordPress Core Flaw, and the Gap Between Patched and Safe
WordPress did the rare thing and forced a core security fix to millions of sites. Within 72 hours the break-ins started anyway. The gap is the story.
Security
An Unauthenticated Path to Code Execution in WordPress Core, Already Being Exploited
A flaw in WordPress core hands strangers the keys to your site, no password required, and attackers are already walking through the door. It is already being exploited.
Partners
Top 5 Mistakes Hosting Companies Make That Drives Churn and How to Fix Them
Extendify on the five experience gaps that quietly drive hosting customers to churn, and how to close each one.
Security
Three Unauthenticated File Flaws in a Week, and One Root Cause: Validation by Shortcut
In one July week, three unauthenticated file-handling flaws surfaced across WordPress plugins and a web FTP client, all rooted in validation by shortcut.
M&A
Automattic Has Taken Over WebHosting.com. The Plan Is Still a Coming-Soon Page.
Automattic has taken control of WebHosting.com, a premium one-word domain formerly held by AT&T, now showing an Automattic-branded "coming soon" page.
Industry reports
AI Agents Now Run Hosting Operations, Not Just Content. Pressable’s June Update Is the Tell.
Pressable's June MCP update lets AI agents run backups, SSL, WP-CLI and bulk operations across WordPress hosting, moving agents from content into infrastructure.
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