A week in security (February 24 – March 2)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Millions of stalkerware users exposed again PayPal’s "no-code checkout" abused by scammers Countries and companies are fighting at the expense of our data privacy Roblox called "real-life nightmare for children" as Roblox and Discord sued Android happy to check you...

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox for iOS 136 — Mozilla

Malicious websites utilizing a server-side redirect to an internal error page could result in a spoofed website URL Websites redirecting to a non-HTTP scheme URL could allow a website address to be spoofed for a malicious page Scanning certain QR codes that included text with a website URL could...

WordPress QR Code for WooCommerce Plugin <= 1.2.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Reflected Cross Site Scripting XSS vulnerability discovered by Nguyen Xuan Chien in WordPress Plugin QR Code for WooCommerce versions = 1.2.0...

Pairwise Authentication of Humans

Here's an easy system for two humans to remotely authenticate to each other, so they can be sure that neither are digital impersonations. To mitigate that risk, I have developed this simple solution where you can setup a unique time-based one-time passcode TOTP between any pair of persons. This i...

CVE-2024-7027

The WooCommerce - PDF Vouchers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 4.9.3. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being supplied during a QR code login through the plugin. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers t...

USN-7247-1: OpenCV vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenCV did not properly manage certain XML data, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. If a user were tricked into loading a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to make OpenCV crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only...

USN-7247-1 opencv vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenCV did not properly manage certain XML data, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. If a user were tricked into loading a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to make OpenCV crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : OpenCV vulnerabilities (USN-7247-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7247-1 advisory. It was discovered that OpenCV did not properly manage certain XML data, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. If a user were tricked into...

CVE-2025-0705

A vulnerability has been found in JoeyBling bootplus up to 247d5f6c209be1a5cf10cd0fa18e1d8cc63cf55d and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function qrCode of the file src/main/java/io/github/controller/QrCodeController.java. The manipulation of the argument text lead...

bootplus 资源管理错误漏洞

bootplus is a privilege management framework by JoeyBling Personal Developer. A resource management error vulnerability exists in bootplus, which stems from the parameter w/h in the file src/main/java/io/github/controller/QrCodeController.java that causes resource consumption...

WhatsApp spear phishing campaign uses QR codes to add device

A cybercriminal campaign linked to Russia is deploying QR codes to access the WhatsApp accounts of high-profile targets like journalists, members of think tanks, and employees of non-governmental organizations NGOs, according to new details revealed by Microsoft. The group, which Microsoft tracks...

CVE-2025-23831

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' vulnerability in mobstac QR Code Generator qrcode-wprhe allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects QR Code Generator: from n/a through = 1.2.6...

CVE-2025-23864 WordPress WCS QR Code Generator plugin <= 1.0 - Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' vulnerability in Luke America WCS QR Code Generator wcs-qr-code-generator allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WCS QR Code Generator: from n/a through = 1.0...

CVE-2025-23864 WordPress WCS QR Code Generator plugin <= 1.0 - Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' vulnerability in Luke America WCS QR Code Generator wcs-qr-code-generator allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WCS QR Code Generator: from n/a through = 1.0...

CVE-2025-23864

CVE-2025-23864 is a Stored XSS in WP Code Snippets WCS QR Code Generator (WordPress plugin) with vulnerable versions up to 1.0. Root cause: Improper input neutralization during web page generation. CVSSv3.1: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L, base 6.5 (Medium). Connected Red Hat entry confirms ...

CVE-2025-23831 WordPress QR Code Generator plugin <= 1.2.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' vulnerability in mobstac QR Code Generator qrcode-wprhe allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects QR Code Generator: from n/a through = 1.2.6...

CVE-2025-23831 WordPress QR Code Generator plugin <= 1.2.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' vulnerability in mobstac QR Code Generator qrcode-wprhe allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects QR Code Generator: from n/a through = 1.2.6...

CVE-2025-23831

CVE-2025-23831 describes a DOM-based XSS in the QR Code Generator (René Hermenau) via improper neutralization of input during web page generation. Affected: WordPress QR Code Generator plugin, version range from n/a through 1.2.6. Impact stated in sources as Cross-site Scripting (stored in Wordfe...

WordPress WCS QR Code Generator plugin <= 1.0 - Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Stored Cross Site Scripting XSS vulnerability discovered by SOPROBRO in WordPress Plugin WCS QR Code Generator versions = 1.0...

WordPress QR Code Generator plugin <= 1.2.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Cross Site Scripting XSS vulnerability discovered by SOPROBRO in WordPress Plugin QR Code Generator versions = 1.2.6...