Critical WordPress Flaw: Admin Access at Risk for Thousands!

Blair Blackwell's Daily Cyber Brief for Jan 21, 2026

Critical WordPress Flaw: Admin Access at Risk for Thousands!

Further reading:
[WordPress ACF Extended plugin critical admin takeover] - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news... — BleepingComputer
[MCP servers risk remote code execution and cloud takeovers] - https://www.darkreading.com/applicati... — darkreading
[Vulnerabilities in Chainlit AI framework] - https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabi... — darkreading
[North Korea targets devs via malicious VS Code projects] - https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/nor... — The Hacker News
[Evelyn Stealer abuses VS Code extensions] - https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/eve... — The Hacker News
[Mass spam attacks leverage Zendesk instances] - https://www.darkreading.com/threat-in... — darkreading
[CISA advisory: Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS] - https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-... — All CISA Advisories
[CISA advisory: Schneider devices using CODESYS Runtime] - https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-... — All CISA Advisories
[CISA advisory: Rockwell Verve Asset Manager] - https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-... — All CISA Advisories
[EU cybersecurity overhaul for high-risk suppliers] - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news... — BleepingComputer

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