WordPress

WordPress is an open-source content management system (CMS) used to create and manage websites and blogs. It powers a significant portion of the web and offers a platform for building and publishing digital content.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to multiple critical security vulnerabilities in its plugins and core software that expose millions of websites to hacking risks.

Latest on WordPress

• 300,000 WordPress Sites Potentially Exposed to Hacking Due to Form Plugin Flaw
• WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators with a free student plan
• WordPress Plugin Flaw Exposes 40,000 Sites to Admin Takeover
• WordPress 7.0.4 Patches Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
• rankingCoach Lands Default Placement on WordPress via Extendify Partnership
• WordPress Plugins Compromised Without a Single File Change
• Exploitation of the new WordPress vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2026-60137 and CVE-2026-63030 started soon after disclosure.
• A WordPress site operator deployed 4,700 lines of code within two days to counter a spam attack that had overwhelmed their database.
• the campaign, which uses compromised WordPress sites

Connections

12 entities linked to WordPress across the news graph.