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CISA Adds Erlang SSH and Roundcube Flaws to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

CISA Adds Erlang SSH and Roundcube Flaws to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Jun 10, 2025 Vulnerability / Cyber Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added two critical security flaws impacting Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) SSH and Roundcube to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities ( KEV ) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below - CVE-2025-32433 (CVSS score: 10.0) - A missing authentication for a critical function vulnerability in the Erlang/OTP SSH server that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands without valid credentials, potentially leading to unauthenticated remote code execution. (Fixed in April 2025 in versions OTP-27.3.3, OTP-26.2.5.11, and OTP-25.3.2.20) CVE-2024-42009 (CVSS score: 9.3) - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in RoundCube Webmail that could allow a remote attacker to steal and send emails of a victim via a crafted email message by taking advantage of a desanitization issue in program/actions/mail/show.php. (Fixed in August 2024 in versions 1.6...
OttoKit WordPress Plugin with 100K+ Installs Hit by Exploits Targeting Multiple Flaws

OttoKit WordPress Plugin with 100K+ Installs Hit by Exploits Targeting Multiple Flaws

May 07, 2025 Vulnerability / Web Security
A second security flaw impacting the OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers ) WordPress plugin has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-27007 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a privilege escalation bug impacting all versions of the plugin prior to and including version 1.0.82.  "This is due to the create_wp_connection() function missing a capability check and insufficiently verifying a user's authentication credentials," Wordfence said . "This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to establish a connection, which ultimately can make privilege escalation possible." That said, the vulnerability is exploitable only in two possible scenarios - When a site has never enabled or used an application password, and OttoKit has never been connected to the website using an application password before When an attacker has authenticated access to a site and can generate a valid application password Wordfence revealed that it obs...
OttoKit WordPress Plugin Admin Creation Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation

OttoKit WordPress Plugin Admin Creation Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation

Apr 11, 2025 Website Security / Vulnerability
A newly disclosed high-severity security flaw impacting OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) has come under active exploitation within a few hours of public disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-3102 (CVSS score: 8.1), is an authorization bypass bug that could permit an attacker to create administrator accounts under certain conditions and take control of susceptible websites. "The SureTriggers: All-in-One Automation Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to an authentication bypass leading to administrative account creation due to a missing empty value check on the 'secret_key' value in the 'autheticate_user' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.78," Wordfence's István Márton said . "This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts on the target website when the plugin is installed and activated but not configured with an API key." Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilit...
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