New WordPress Click2Shell Flaw Forces Theme Installs, Can Chain to Code Execution

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  • Veroeffentlicht: 2026-09-18 16:56 UTC
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WordPress today released patches to fix a new set of vulnerabilities in its core software, one of which could allow a crafted web link, opened by a logged-in administrator, to install a theme from the official WordPress.org directory without anyone clicking Install.

The security firm pwn.ai, whose researchers reported the flaw, calls the attack chain Click2Shell. On its own the flaw only

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