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TECHNOLOGY • UNITED STATES

CISA reports active exploitation of a WordPress vulnerability

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CISA added a WordPress vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, citing evidence that attackers are exploiting it. The agency said the flaw poses significant risks to federal agencies; the supplied reports do not identify affected sites or the scale of attacks.

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Why it matters

The vulnerability poses a cybersecurity risk to federal civilian agencies and potentially to other organizations using WordPress. The reports do not say which systems have been compromised or describe impacts on the public or businesses.