WordPress Plugin Flaw Opens Door to Privilege Escalation Attacks Across 500,000+ Sites

Gbhackers •Divya • June 3, 2026

A critical security flaw in the Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer WordPress plugin is exposing sites to account takeover and privilege escalation attacks, with roughly 150,000 estimated to be running vulnerable versions introduced in the 6.0 release. Tracked as CVE-2026-8206 and rated 9.8 (Critical), the bug affects Kirki versions 6.0.0 through […]

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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. 1495 sources 67

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WordPress Plugin Flaw Opens Door to Privilege Escalation Attacks Across 500,000+ Sites

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