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Sneeit WordPress RCE flaw allows hackers to add themselves as admin - here's how to stay safe

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  • WordFence disclosed critical RCE flaw (CVE-2025-6389) in Sneeit Framework plugin, affecting versions ≤8.3
  • Exploitation allows attackers to create admin accounts, install malicious plugins, and hijack WordPress sites
  • Users urged to update to v8.4, monitor for rogue admins, suspicious PHP files, and malicious AJAX activity

Security researchers from WordFence have warned about a critical-severity vulnerability in a popular plugin which allows threat actors to add themselves as admins on WordPress sites.

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