New wp2shell RCE Vulnerability Hits Millions of WordPress Sites, Emergency Patch Released

Cybersecuritynews •Guru Baran • July 18, 2026

A critical pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability dubbed “wp2shell” has been discovered in WordPress Core, putting an estimated 500 million+ websites at risk of full takeover by unauthenticated attackers. Security researcher Adam Kues of Searchlight Cyber’s Assetnote research team uncovered the flaw, which stems from a REST API batch-route confusion issue that leads to […]

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Critical RCE Vulnerability in BeyondTrust Software Requires Immediate Patching BeyondTrust has issued a warning regarding a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access software. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-1731, allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely and affects versions 25.3.1 or earlier of Remote Support and 24.3.4 or earlier of Privileged Remote Access. Users are advised to apply the patches released on February 6, 2026, to mitigate the risk of exploitation. 860 sources 67

New wp2shell RCE Vulnerability Hits Millions of WordPress Sites, Emergency Patch Released

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