Five Critical WordPress Plugin and Theme Flaws Enable Site Takeover or RCE

Five Critical WordPress Plugin and Theme Flaws Enable Site Takeover or RCE

The Hacker News · Aug 29, 2026

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Five Critical WordPress Plugin and Theme Flaws Enable Site Takeover or RCE
Security August 29, 2026

Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in WordPress plugins and themes, including WPMU DEV Dashboard, Avada, TranslatePress, Pods, and GiveWP, that could lead to authentication bypass, account takeover, and arbitrary code execution. The vulnerabilities, according to Wordfence and Patchstack, are listed below - CVE-2026-76581 (CVSS score: 9.8) - An authentication bypass flaw in

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