WordPress upgraded to 4.3.1, patching a pair of vulnerabilities in the core engine, including a cross-site scripting issue enabled by a vulnerability in shortcodes. WordPress core engine security ...

A recent WordPress security update featuring multiple security fixes is also causing some sites to stop functioning, causing one developer to exclaim, “This is chaos!!” The update removed a key ...

The United States government National Vulnerability Database (NVD) published an advisory about Shortcodes Ultimate WordPress plugin, warning that it was discovered to contain a Cross Site Request ...

The plug-in’s default settings spawned flaws that could allow for full site takeover but have since been fixed in an update that users should immediately install, Wordfence researchers said. Tens of ...

Adding a donation button to your organization's website is a handy way to monetize your content. Because WordPress donation plugins are activated by widgets and shortcodes, in order to insert them ...