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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2024-56523
+1 related CVE
Radware Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) before 2025-05-07 allows remote attackers to bypass firewall filters by placing random data in the HTTP request…
9.1<1%
CVE-2024-8176
A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the libexpat library due to the way it handles recursive entity expansion in XML documents
7.51%
CVE-2025-20188
Unauthenticated File Upload to Root RCE in Cisco IOS XE WLC (Hard-coded JWT)
10.027%PoC
CVE-2025-23123
A malicious actor with access to the management network could execute a remote code execution (RCE) by exploiting a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the…
10.01%
CVE-2025-24977
OpenCTI: Prior to version 6.4.11 any user with the capability `manage customizations` can execute commands on the underlying…
9.1<1%
CVE-2025-25014
Prototype Pollution RCE in Elastic Kibana ML and Reporting Endpoints
9.821%
CVE-2025-26169
+1 related CVE
IXON VPN Client before 1.4.4 on Windows allows Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM because there is code execution from a configuration file that can be…
8.1<1%
CVE-2025-27007
Privilege Escalation in Brainstorm Force OttoKit WordPress Plugin (≤ 1.0.82)
9.851%
CVE-2025-27533
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ
6.99%
CVE-2025-2776
+1 related CVE
Unauthenticated XXE in SysAid On-Prem Enables Admin Account Takeover
9.8
group max
65%KEVPoC
KEV
CVE-2025-2777
Unauthenticated XXE in SysAid On-Prem <= 23.3.40 Enables Admin Takeover
9.873%PoC
CVE-2025-2778
Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority
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CVE-2025-29824
Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation in Microsoft Windows CLFS Driver (Actively Exploited)
7.819%KEVRansomwarePoC ×2
KEV
CVE-2025-32819
+2 related CVEs
A vulnerability in SMA100 allows a remote authenticated attacker with SSLVPN user privileges to bypass the path traversal checks and delete an arbitrary file…
8.8
group max
6%PoC
CVE-2025-4318
The AWS Amplify Studio UI component property expressions in the aws-amplify/amplify-codegen-ui package lack input validation
9.0<1%
CVE-2025-4372
Use after free in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 136.0.7103.92 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page
8.8<1%
CVE-2025-47188
Unauthenticated Command Injection in Mitel 6800/6900 Series SIP Phones
6.550%

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
domain5socks.netntled a criminal proxy network, known as anyproxy[.]net and 5socks[.]net, that was powered by thousands of infected Internet of Th
domainanyproxy.net. authorities dismantled a criminal proxy network, known as anyproxy[.]net and 5socks[.]net, that was powered by thousands of infect
domainipresale.worldtors to a crypto scam website impersonating Apple's brand ("ipresale[.]world"). "The scam encourages visitors to create an account and
domainmegamodelstudio.comn threat actors have been linked to covert infrastructure ("megamodelstudio[.]com") impersonating a German model agency. The site is design

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 Ravie Lakshmanan  May 12, 2025 Cybersecurity / Hacking News What do a source code editor, a smart billboard, and a web server have in common? They’ve all become launchpads for attacks—because cybercriminals are rethinking what counts as “infrastructure.”

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