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#5 The Hacker News general June 05, 2026 at 08:38 UTC

Hackers Exploit Critical Everest Forms Pro WordPress Plugin Flaw to Take Over Sites

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

CVE-2026-3300 (CVSS 9.8), a remote code execution vulnerability in the Everest Forms Pro WordPress plugin affecting all versions up to 1.9.12, is being actively exploited in the wild to achieve full site compromise. With approximately 4,000 active installations, admins should apply the available patch immediately.

Relevance score: 82.0/100

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