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Web Shell Campaigns

Mass exploitation that plants PHP uploader shells as a staging point for further payloads and site takeover.

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Attackers plant PHP web shells through two unauthenticated WordPress upload flaws

Wordfence blocked more than 250,000 attempts against Super Forms and 190,000 against Elementor Pro. The Super Forms campaign has been running since July 14, so unpatched sites need a look through their uploads directories.

Publishers:thehackernews.com

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Web Shell Campaigns — Clarity Today