WordPress plugin with 10,000+ installations being exploited in the wild

WordPress plugin with 10,000+ installations being exploited in the wild

A growing number of WordPress websites have been infected by attackers exploiting a vulnerability that remains unpatched in a widely used plugin called WP Mobile Detector, security researchers warned. The attacks have been under way since last Friday and are mainly being used to install porn-related spamming scripts, according to a blog post published Thursday.

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