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Cybersecurity & Vulnerabilities Source: BleepingComputer August 25, 2026

Hackers Actively Exploit miniOrange Auth Bypass Zero-Day on WordPress Sites

Hackers Actively Exploit miniOrange Auth Bypass Zero-Day on WordPress Sites

Cybersecurity agencies have issued urgent patching notices as malicious actors exploit an unauthenticated authentication bypass vulnerability in miniOrange WordPress plugins.

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Tracked with CVSS score 9.8, the flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to forge JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and gain full administrative privileges over affected websites. Incident response teams report widespread automated exploitation scans targeting vulnerable e-commerce portals.

Site owners are advised to update miniOrange plugins to version 6.4.2 immediately or remove affected SSO modules.