Security advice, made clearer

A medium-severity security issue affects all versions up to and including 4.17.0 of the PublishPress Authors plugin. Here is what to check and how to respond calmly.

A security issue in the Project Manager plugin could allow an unauthenticated attacker to run code on a WordPress server. Website owners should check whether the plugin is installed and which version is in use.

Security researchers have reported a medium-severity stored cross-site scripting issue in SEOPress versions up to and including 10.3. Here is what site owners should check and do next.

A security advisory identifies a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Shield Security versions up to and including 22.3.2. Here is what it means and what to do next.

A medium-severity WordPress plugin issue could allow an authenticated user to extract sensitive database information. Here is what to check and how to respond sensibly.

A reported vulnerability in Froxlor before version 2.3.15 could let logged-in customers create MySQL databases even when an administrator had disabled that feature.

A high-severity information-disclosure issue in Froxlor could expose API credentials to administrators with a particular permission. Here is what website owners should check.

A published advisory describes a high-severity SQL injection issue in Control Web Panel (CWP) versions before 1.16. Here is what to check and what the finding does—and does not—tell you.

A vulnerability has been reported in Control Web Panel (CWP) versions before 1.16. Here is what site owners and administrators should check, and what the report does—and does not—show.

A security issue has been reported in Control Web Panel versions before 1.12. It may allow an unauthenticated request to reach user-panel functions that should require sign-in.

A published advisory describes a medium-severity denial-of-service issue in certain versions of svg-sanitizer. Here is what site owners should check and do next.

A security issue in older versions of the open-source pypdf library could make an application use excessive memory when opening a specially crafted PDF. Here is how to check whether it is relevant to your site or software.

A flaw in the Python PDF library pypdf can cause excessive memory use when it processes a specially malformed PDF. Here is how to check what your site or application uses.

A published security advisory affects pypdf versions before 6.21.3. It concerns how the Python library reads certain PDF page labels, rather than proving that any particular website has been compromised.

A security issue in the pypdf PDF library can cause an application to get stuck when handling specially crafted PDF-related data. Here is what to check and what to do next.

A medium-severity vulnerability has been reported in phpMyAdmin versions up to and including 5.2.3. Here is what to check and how to respond calmly.

A reported security weakness in phpMyAdmin through version 5.2.3 could let an attacker with an already hijacked session remove two-factor authentication from that session’s account settings.

A security issue in WeGIA could allow an authenticated user to access or alter records belonging to someone else. Here is what site operators should know and do next.

A stored cross-site scripting issue has been reported in WeGIA versions before 3.8.7. Here is what it means for sites using the web manager and what to do next.

A medium-severity issue in the Python library joserfc can increase memory use when specially formed signed tokens are processed. Here is what maintainers should check.