Hackers are assailing websites using a prominent WordPress plugin with millions of attempts to exploit a high-severity vulnerability that allows complete takeover, researchers said.

A critical vulnerability recently discovered in a popular WordPress plugin, is being actively abused in the wild, researchers have said, with hackers potentially able to use the flaw to fully take over a victim's website.

The WP Automatic plugin has been compromised by a severe security vulnerability that hackers have been exploiting since last month. This plugin has over 38,000 paid

WordPress websites using the Forminator plugin for web forms are extremely vulnerable to uploading and executing malicious files. Japan's Computer

Hackers exploit critical WP Automatic vulnerability to create admin accounts and plant backdoors on WordPress websites, impacting over 30,000 sites.