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Windows PowerShell now warns when running Invoke-WebRequest scripts
Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing. As Microsoft explains, this mitigates a high-severity PowerShell remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-54100), which primarily affects enterprise or IT-managed environments that use PowerShell scripts for automation, since PowerShell scripts are not […]
Ivanti warns of critical Endpoint Manager code execution flaw
American IT software company Ivanti warned customers today to patch a newly disclosed vulnerability in its Endpoint Manager (EPM) solution that could allow attackers to execute code remotely. Ivanti delivers system and IT asset management solutions to over 40,000 companies via a network of more than 7,000 organizations worldwide. The company’s EPM software is an […]
React2Shell flaw exploited to breach 30 orgs, 77k IP addresses vulnerable
Over 77,000 Internet-exposed IP addresses are vulnerable to the critical React2Shell remote code execution flaw (CVE-2025-55182), with researchers now confirming that attackers have already compromised over 30 organizations across multiple sectors. React2Shell is an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability that can be exploited via a single HTTP request and affects all frameworks that implement React […]
Critical React2Shell flaw actively exploited in China-linked attacks
Multiple China-linked threat actors began exploiting the React2Shell vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182) affecting React and Next.js just hours after the max-severity issue was disclosed. React2Shell is an insecure deserialization vulnerability in the React Server Components (RSC) ‘Flight’ protocol. Exploiting it does not require authentication and allows remote execution of JavaScript code in the server’s context. For the Next.js framework, […]
Critical React, Next.js flaw lets hackers execute code on servers
A maximum severity vulnerability, dubbed ‘React2Shell’, in the React Server Components (RSC) ‘Flight’ protocol allows remote code execution without authentication in React and Next.js applications. The security issue stems from insecure deserialization. It received a severity score of 10/10 and has been assigned the identifiers CVE-2025-55182 for React and CVE-2025-66478 (CVE rejected in the National Vulnerability Database) for Next.js. Security researcher Lachlan Davidson discovered […]
Critical flaw in WordPress add-on for Elementor exploited in attacks
Attackers are exploiting a critical-severity privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025–8489) in the King Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress, which lets them obtain administrative permissions during the registration process. The threat activity started on October 31, just a day after the issue was publicly disclosed. So far, the Wordfence security scanner from Defiant, a company that provides […]
CISA warns Oracle Identity Manager RCE flaw is being actively exploited
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning government agencies to patch an Oracle Identity Manager tracked as CVE-2025-61757 that has been exploited in attacks, potentially as a zero-day. CVE-2025-61757 is a pre-authentication RCE vulnerability in Oracle Identity Manager, discovered and disclosed by Searchlight Cyber analysts Adam Kues and Shubham Shahflaw. The flaw stems […]
D-Link warns of new RCE flaws in end-of-life DIR-878 routers
D-Link is warning of three remotely exploitable command execution vulnerabilities that affect all models and hardware revisions of its DIR-878 router, which has reached end-of-service but is still available in several markets. Technical details and proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code demonstrating the vulnerabilities have been published by a researcher using the name Yangyifan. Typically used in homes and small offices, the DIR-878 was […]
New ShadowRay attacks convert Ray clusters into crypto miners
A global campaign dubbed ShadowRay 2.0 hijacks exposed Ray Clusters by exploiting an old code execution flaw to turn them into a self-propagating cryptomining botnet. Developed by Anyscale, the Ray open-source framework allows building and scaling AI and Python applications in a distributed computing ecosystem organized in clusters, or head nodes. According to researchers at runtime security company Oligo, a […]
RondoDox botnet malware now hacks servers using XWiki flaw
The RondoDox botnet malware is now exploiting a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw in XWiki Platform tracked as CVE-2025-24893. On October 30, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency (CISA) marked the flaw as actively exploited. Now, a report from vulnerability intelligence company VulnCheck notes that CVE-2025-24893 is being leveraged in attacks by multiple threat actors, including botnet operators […]