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WordPress Flaw Draws 63,000 Attack Attempts
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Threat actors exploited a high-severity remote code execution flaw in WordPress Core versions 4.7 through 7.1.3. Patches released on October 28, 2026, Wordfence blocked 62,969 attacks in 24 hours. The vulnerability stems from predictable staging paths during upgrades, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute code on servers.
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