All news with #active exploitation tag

⚠️React2Shell is a max-severity insecure deserialization vulnerability in the React Server Components 'Flight' protocol that allows unauthenticated remote execution of JavaScript on affected servers. Within hours of disclosure, AWS telemetry observed exploitation attempts by China-linked groups including Earth Lamia and Jackpot Panda, and multiple proof-of-concept exploits have been published. React and Next.js have released patches; administrators should apply updates, scan for vulnerable deployments, and monitor for known exploitation indicators.

🛡️ Cloudflare briefly disrupted service after a Web Application Firewall update intended to mitigate a vulnerability in React Server Components (CVE-2025-55182) caused its request parser to fail. The incident began at 09:09 UTC and a corrective change was deployed within ten minutes, but monitoring sites and customers reported widespread errors during the outage. Downdetector logged spikes for enterprise and consumer services including Shopify, Zoom, Claude AI, and AWS. Cloudflare said the change was a protective measure for unpatched customers and confirmed the disruption was not an attack.

🔒 CISA on Thursday released details of a Golang backdoor named BRICKSTORM used by PRC-linked actors to maintain long-term stealthy access to VMware vSphere and Windows systems. The implant provides interactive shell access, file management, SOCKS proxying, and multiple C2 channels including HTTPS, WebSockets, nested TLS, and DNS-over-HTTPS to conceal communications and blend with normal traffic. CISA and private-sector researchers tied deployments to clusters tracked as UNC5221 and to CrowdStrike’s Warp Panda, noting self-reinstating persistence, VSOCK support for inter-VM operations, and use in attacks against government, IT, legal, and technology targets.

⚠️ JPCERT/CC warns that a command injection flaw in Array Networks AG Series secure access gateways' DesktopDirect feature has been actively exploited since August 2025, enabling attackers to execute arbitrary commands. The vendor patched the issue in ArrayOS 9.4.5.9 on May 11, 2025; affected versions include 9.4.5.8 and earlier. JPCERT/CC confirms web shells were dropped on devices in Japan and notes attacks from IP 194.233.100[.]138. Administrators should apply the update or disable DesktopDirect and block URLs containing a semicolon as a temporary mitigation.

🛡️ Amazon observed multiple China state-nexus groups rapidly exploiting CVE-2025-55182 (React2Shell), a critical unsafe deserialization flaw in React Server Components with a CVSS score of 10.0 that affects React 19.x and Next.js 15.x/16.x when using App Router. AWS deployed Sonaris active defense, AWS WAF managed rules (AWSManagedRulesKnownBadInputsRuleSet v1.24+) and MadPot honeypots to detect and block attempts, but these protections are not substitutes for patching. Customers running self-managed React/Next.js applications must update immediately, deploy interim WAF rules, and review logs for indicators such as POST requests with next-action or rsc-action-id headers.

🔒 Threat actors are exploiting a command injection vulnerability in Array Networks ArrayOS AG VPN appliances to plant PHP webshells and create rogue user accounts. The flaw affects ArrayOS AG 9.4.5.8 and earlier when the DesktopDirect feature is enabled; Array issued a May update (9.4.5.9) to address the issue. Japan's CERT (JPCERT/CC) reports attacks since at least August originating from IP 194.233.100[.]138. If immediate patching is not possible, disable DesktopDirect or block URLs containing a semicolon as a temporary mitigation.

🚨 ReliaQuest attributes a false-flag SEO poisoning campaign to the actor known as Silver Fox, which has been active since November 2025 and aims to masquerade as a Russian group to mislead investigators. The campaign pushes a malicious Teams installer packaged as "MSTчamsSetup.zip" from an Alibaba Cloud URL, drops a trojanized Setup.exe, establishes exclusions in Microsoft Defender, and writes a staged installer "Verifier.exe" to the AppData profile. The loader scans for security processes, injects a malicious DLL into rundll32.exe, and reaches out to a remote server to retrieve the final ValleyRAT payload.

🚨 React and Next.js applications are affected by a maximum-severity deserialization vulnerability dubbed React2Shell, which enables unauthenticated remote code execution via the React Server Components (RSC) "Flight" protocol. Discovered by researcher Lachlan Davidson and reported on November 29, the flaw received a 10/10 severity rating and has been assigned CVE-2025-55182 for React (Next.js received CVE-2025-66478, later rejected by the NVD). Affected default packages include react-server-dom-parcel, react-server-dom-turbopack, and react-server-dom-webpack, and researchers warn many deployments are exploitable without additional misconfiguration. Developers should apply the published patches and audit environments immediately.

⚠️ A critical privilege-escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025-8489) in the King Addons for Elementor plugin is being actively exploited to create administrative accounts during registration. Attacks began on October 31, a day after public disclosure, and Wordfence reports blocking more than 48,400 exploit attempts. Site owners should upgrade to King Addons 51.1.35 immediately and check logs for suspicious IPs and unexpected admin accounts.

⚠️ A critical privilege-escalation vulnerability in the King Addons plugin for Elementor (CVE-2025-8489, CVSS 9.8) is being actively exploited to create administrative accounts. The flaw stems from an insecure handle_register_ajax() implementation that permits unauthenticated users to specify the administrator role during registration via the "/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" endpoint. A patch is available in version 51.1.35 (released September 25, 2025); administrators should update immediately and audit for unauthorized admin users.

⚠️ Industrial Video & Control Longwatch versions 6.309–6.334 contain a code injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated HTTP GET requests to execute arbitrary code, resulting in SYSTEM-level remote code execution. CISA assigns high severity (CVSS v4 9.3; CVSS v3.1 9.8) and recommends upgrading to version 6.335 or later. Reduce network exposure, isolate control networks behind firewalls, and use secure remote access methods while applying the vendor patch.

⚠️ CISA added two Android Framework vulnerabilities to the KEV Catalog: CVE-2025-48572 (privilege escalation) and CVE-2025-48633 (information disclosure). Both issues show evidence of active exploitation and pose significant risk to the federal enterprise. Under BOD 22-01, FCEB agencies must remediate cataloged vulnerabilities by their due dates; CISA strongly urges all organizations to prioritize timely patching and other mitigations.

🛡️ FortiGuard Labs' 2025 holiday analysis documents a marked increase in malicious infrastructure, credential theft, and targeted exploitation of e-commerce systems during the pre-holiday period. Attackers registered tens of thousands of holiday- and retail-themed domains and sold over 1.57 million account records from stealer logs, fueling credential stuffing and account takeover. The report highlights active exploitation of critical flaws in platforms such as Magento, Oracle EBS, and WooCommerce, and emphasizes urgent mitigations: patching, MFA, bot management, domain monitoring, and payment-page integrity checks to reduce fraud and protect customers.

⚠️ The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a critical pre-authenticated remote code execution flaw in Oracle Identity Manager (CVE-2025-61757) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after active exploitation was observed. Searchlight Cyber reported that a flawed authentication filter combined with matrix/query parameters lets attackers bypass auth and reach a Groovy compile endpoint, enabling RCE through compile-time annotation processing. Oracle fixed the issue in its October 2025 Critical Patch Update; federal agencies must remediate by December 12, 2025.

⚠️ CISA has added CVE-2025-61757 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog following reports of active exploitation targeting Oracle Identity Manager. The flaw, a missing-authentication issue with a CVSS score of 9.8, affects versions 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.1.0 and was addressed in Oracle's recent quarterly updates. Searchlight Cyber researchers demonstrated that an allow-list bypass using URI tricks such as ?WSDL or ;.wadl can expose protected API endpoints and enable pre-authenticated remote code execution via the groovyscriptstatus endpoint. Federal civilian agencies must apply the patch by December 12, 2025.

🚨 CISA has added CVE-2025-61757, a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in Oracle Identity Manager, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and ordered federal agencies to patch by December 12 under BOD 22-01. The flaw, disclosed by Searchlight Cyber, abuses an authentication bypass in REST APIs by appending parameters such as ?WSDL or ;.wadl to URL paths, exposing a Groovy compilation endpoint. Researchers showed that Groovy's annotation-processing can execute code at compile time, enabling pre-auth RCE. Oracle released a fix on October 21, 2025; CISA warned the issue is being actively exploited.

🔒 CISA added one vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog: CVE-2025-61757, a Missing Authentication for Critical Function issue affecting Oracle Fusion Middleware. The entry was added based on evidence of active exploitation and is identified as a common attack vector that poses significant risk to the federal enterprise. Under BOD 22-01, Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies must remediate KEV entries by the specified due date; CISA strongly urges all organizations to prioritize timely remediation and other risk-reduction measures.

🔒 PlushDaemon, a China-linked APT, has deployed a network implant called EdgeStepper to hijack DNS on compromised routers and redirect update traffic to attacker-controlled servers, according to ESET. The MIPS32 Go-built implant modifies iptables to forward UDP port 53 to a local proxy that substitutes legitimate update IPs with malicious ones. Using the hijacked channel, a downloader chain (LittleDaemon, DaemonicLogistics) delivers the espionage backdoor SlowStepper, enabling credential theft, document exfiltration and audio/video capture.

⚠️ A critical unauthenticated command injection (CVE-2025-9501) in the W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin allows attackers to execute arbitrary PHP via a crafted comment that abuses the _parse_dynamic_mfunc() routine. The developer released 2.8.13 on October 20 to address the flaw, but WordPress.org data indicate hundreds of thousands of sites may still be vulnerable. WPScan has produced a proof-of-concept exploit and plans public release on November 24, increasing the immediate risk for unpatched installations.

⚠️A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-11001, CVSS 7.0) in 7-Zip that mishandles symbolic links in ZIP archives is being actively exploited in the wild, NHS England Digital warns. The flaw can trigger directory traversal and enable remote code execution and was addressed in 7-Zip 25.00 released in July 2025. A related issue, CVE-2025-11002, was also fixed in that release. Proof-of-concept exploits are public, and exploitation requires an elevated Windows user or service account or developer mode enabled, so users should apply the update immediately.