Metasploit Wrap-Up 02/20/2026

Hacking Churches and Backdooring Emacs This release packs some solid exploit module additions! Two new unauthenticated RCE modules are a major win: the StoryChief WordPress plugin exploit CVE-2025-7441 targets a webhook validation flaw allowing arbitrary file uploads, while the ChurchCRM exploit...

Emacs Extension Persistence

This module adds a lisp based malicious extension to the emacs configuration file. When emacs is opened, the extension will be loaded and the payload will be executed. Tested against emacs 29.3 build 1 on Ubuntu Desktop 24.04. Module Options msf use exploit/linux/persistence/emacs/extension msf...