A week in security (June 24 – June 30)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: TEMU sued for being "dangerous malware" by Arkansas Attorney General Driving licences and other official documents leaked by authentication service used by Uber, TikTok, X, and more "Poseidon" Mac stealer distributed via Google ads Federal Reserve "breached" data m...

WordPress Newspack Ads Plugin <= 1.47.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Software Newspack Ads Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 1.47.1 Fixed in 1.47.2 OWASP Top 10 A3: Injection Classification Cross Site Scripting XSS CVE CVE-2024-37474 Patch priority Low CVSS severity Low 6.5 Developer Claim ownership PSID b8d60e34d1ee Credits Rafie Muhammad Patchstack Required...

CVE-2024-3105

The Woody code snippets – Insert Header Footer Code, AdSense Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.0 via the 'insertphp' shortcode. This is due to the plugin not restricting the usage of the functionality to high level authorized...

PT-2024-23740 · Unknown +1 · Adsense Ads +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Woody code snippets – Insert Header Footer Code, AdSense Ads plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.5.0 Description: The issue allows for Remote Code Execution via the insert php shortcode due to the lack of restrictions on its...

CVE-2024-3105: Improper Control of Generation of Code

The Woody code snippets – Insert Header Footer Code, AdSense Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.0 via the 'insertphp' shortcode. This is due to the plugin not restricting the usage of the functionality to high level authorized...

Woody code snippets – Insert Header Footer Code, AdSense Ads < 2.5.1 -Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution

Description The Woody code snippets – Insert Header Footer Code, AdSense Ads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.0 via the 'insertphp' shortcode. This is due to the plugin not restricting the usage of the functionality to high leve...

CVE-2024-35665

Missing Authorization vulnerability in namithjawahar Insert Post Ads.This issue affects Insert Post Ads: from n/a through 1.3.2...

CVE-2024-35665 WordPress Insert Post Ads plugin <= 1.3.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Missing Authorization vulnerability in namithjawahar Insert Post Ads.This issue affects Insert Post Ads: from n/a through 1.3.2...

CVE-2024-35665 WordPress Insert Post Ads plugin <= 1.3.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Missing Authorization vulnerability in namithjawahar Insert Post Ads.This issue affects Insert Post Ads: from n/a through 1.3.2...

CVE-2024-35665

CVE-2024-35665: Missing Authorization in Insert Post Ads (WordPress plugin) affects version range up to 1.3.2. Public technical details are limited; the vulnerability is described as Missing Authorization with CVSS 5.3 (Network, Low complexity, None privileges, No user interaction, Integrity impa...

WordPress plugin Insert Post Ads security vulnerability

WordPress and WordPress plugin are both products of the WordPress Foundation.WordPress is a blogging platform developed using the PHP language. The platform supports setting up personal blog sites on servers with PHP and MySQL. WordPress plugin is an application plugin. A security vulnerability...

CVE-2024-35665: Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization vulnerability in namithjawahar Insert Post Ads.This issue affects Insert Post Ads: from n/a through 1.3.2...

CVE-2024-34802

Missing Authorization vulnerability in AdFoxly AdFoxly – Ad Manager, AdSense Ads & Ads.Txt.This issue affects AdFoxly – Ad Manager, AdSense Ads & Ads.Txt: from n/a through 1.8.5...

CVE-2024-34802

CVE-2024-34802 is a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the WordPress plugin “AdFoxly – Ad Manager, AdSense Ads & Ads.Txt” affecting versions up to 1.8.5. Connected sources corroborate the same description (Red Hat CVE entry RH:CVE-2024-34802; NVD entry CVE-2024-34802). The NVD entry reports a...

CVE-2024-34802: Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization vulnerability in AdFoxly AdFoxly – Ad Manager, AdSense Ads & Ads.Txt.This issue affects AdFoxly – Ad Manager, AdSense Ads & Ads.Txt: from n/a through 1.8.5...

US residents targeted by utility scammers on Google

Back in February, we reported on malicious ads related to utility bills electricity, gas that direct victims to call centers where scammers will collect their identity and try to extort money from them. A few months later, we checked and were able to find as many Google ads as before, following...

WordPress Insert Post Ads plugin <= 1.3.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Broken Access Control vulnerability discovered by Mika Patchstack Alliance in WordPress Plugin Insert Post Ads versions = 1.3.2...

AdFoxly – Ad Manager, AdSense Ads & Ads.txt <= 1.8.5 - Missing Authorization

Description The AdFoxly – Ad Manager, AdSense Ads & Ads.txt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action...

Message board scams

Marketplace fraud is nothing new. Cybercriminals swindle money out of buyers and sellers alike. Lately, weve seen a proliferation of cybergangs operating under the Fraud-as-a-Service model and specializing in tricking users of online marketplaces, in particular, message boards. Criminals are...

Ransomware Attacks Exploit VMware ESXi Vulnerabilities in Alarming Pattern

Ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi infrastructure follow an established pattern regardless of the file-encrypting malware deployed, new findings show. "Virtualization platforms are a core component of organizational IT infrastructure, yet they often suffer from inherent misconfigurations an...