ClickFix Malware Campaign: Decentralized Payload Hosting via WordPress Exploitation
A widespread cyberattack campaign has compromised over 5,400 WordPress websites to distribute multi-stage malware using the "ClickFix" social engineering technique. Attackers leverage critical RCE vulnerabilities in plugins—including CVE-2026-14894 (Super Forms) and CVE-2026-32475 (Elementor Pro)—to inject scripts that display deceptive Cloudflare CAPTCHAs or browser error prompts. These lures trick users into manually executing malicious PowerShell or Terminal commands. To ensure resilience, the campaign utilizes "EtherHiding," hosting payloads and C2 resolution on the Polygon and BNB Smart Chain blockchains. Impacted systems are infected with diverse payloads, including DeepLoad, KongTuke (ModeloRAT), and ACR Stealer, targeting both Windows and macOS environments for enterprise credential theft and network intrusion.
WordPress Core: Critical wp2shell RCE CVE-2026-63030
WordPress Core is affected by a critical RCE chain dubbed "wp2shell," combining CVE-2026-60137 (SQL injection in WP_Query's author__not_in parameter) and CVE-2026-63030 (REST API batch-route confusion). Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit the /wp-json/batch/v1 endpoint to bypass security controls and execute arbitrary code without user interaction or plugin dependencies. The vulnerability is exacerbated in environments lacking persistent object caching. Immediate remediation requires updating to versions 6.9.5, 7.0.2, or 7.1 Beta 2. Active exploitation is confirmed, with AI-assisted tools accelerating PoC development and patch diffing.