Fake WordPress security advisory pushes backdoor plugin

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Fake WordPress security advisory pushes backdoor plugin

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WordPress administrators are being emailed fake WordPress security advisories for a fictitious vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-45124 to infect sites with a malicious plugin.

The campaign has been caught and reported by WordPress security experts at Wordfence and PatchStack, who published alerts on their sites to raise awareness.
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Fake WordPress security advisory pushes backdoor plugin
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