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> New WordPress Click2Shell Flaw Forces Theme Installs, Can Chain to Code Execution

[SOURCE] The Hacker News [DATE: 18/09/2026 16:56] [LANGUAGE: EN]
New WordPress Click2Shell Flaw Forces Theme Installs, Can Chain to Code Execution
WordPress today released patches to fix a new set of vulnerabilities in its core software, one of which could allow a crafted web link, opened by a logged-in administrator, to install a theme from the official WordPress.org directory without anyone clicking Install. The security firm pwn.ai, whose researchers reported the flaw, calls the attack chain Click2Shell. On its own the flaw only
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