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A critical security flaw in the Bricks theme for WordPress is being actively exploited by threat actors to run arbitrary PHP code on susceptible installations. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-25600 (CVSS score: 9.8), enables unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution. It impacts all versions of the Bricks up to and including 1.9.6.
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A critical security flaw in the Bricks theme for WordPress is being actively exploited by threat actors to run arbitrary PHP code on susceptible installations. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-25600 (CVSS score: 9.8), enables unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution. It impacts all versions of the Bricks up to and including 1.9.6.
TL;DR The VMware Enhanced Authentication plugin that is offered as part of VMware vSphere’s seamless login experience for the web console contains multiple vulnerabilities relating to Kerberos authentication relay. The first vulnerability, CVE-2024-22245, is a Kerberos relay vulnerability where a malicious public website can communicate with the Enhanced Authentication Plugin (EAP) and request arbitrary Kerberos service tickets on behalf of the user visiting the malicious site.
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