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Generated: 2026-08-29 13:00 PDT
- Five Critical WordPress Plugin and Theme Flaws Enable Site Takeover or RCE
The Hacker News • 2026-08-29 09:25 • thehackernews.com
Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in WordPress plugins and themes, including WPMU DEV Dashboard, Avada, TranslatePress, Pods, and GiveWP, that could lead to authentication bypass, account takeover, and arbitrary code execution.The vulnerabilities, according to Wordfence and Patchstack, are listed below –
CVE-2026-76581 (CVSS score: 9.8) – An authentication bypass flaw in
https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/five-critical-wordpress-plugin-and.html - Brave browser adds email aliases to help users evade tracking
BleepingComputer • 2026-08-29 07:19 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
The latest version of the Brave browser, 1.94, introduces a feature called ‘Email Aliases’ that allows users to generate disposable email addresses when signing up to a new service. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/brave-browser-adds-email-aliases-to-help-users-evade-tracking/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
