Searchenginejournal.com

WordPress Backup Plugin Vulnerability Impacted 3+ Million Installations

Security researcher at Automattic discovered a vulnerability affecting popular WordPress backup plugin, UpdraftPlus. The vulnerability allowed hackers to download user names and hashed passwords.
ZDNet

Vulnerability found in WordPress plugin with over 3 million installations

Updates have been released for UpdraftPlus, a WordPress plugin with over 3 million installations, after a vulnerability was discovered by Jetpack security researcher Marc Montpas. Montpas said the ...
Threat Post

Severe WordPress Plug-In UpdraftPlus Bug Threatens Backups

An oversight in a WordPress plug-in exposes PII and authentication data to malicious insiders. The WordPress plug-in “UpdraftPlus” was patched on Wednesday to correct a vulnerability that left ...
Ars Technica

Millions of WordPress sites get forced update to patch critical plugin flaw

Millions of WordPress sites have received a forced update over the past day to fix a critical vulnerability in a plugin called UpdraftPlus. The mandatory patch came at the request of UpdraftPlus ...