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Plug 'n' Pray: Agentic LLM-based Detection of Potential Log File Exposures in Third-Party Content Management System Plugins

Agentic LLM analysis validates 79 log file exposures across 62 of the 300 most-installed WordPress plugins, covering 250M+ active installations.

Researchers built an agentic LLM-based framework combining static and dynamic analysis to automatically detect insecure log files created by WordPress plugins. Scanning the 300 most-installed plugins, which account for roughly 75% of all active installations in the official ecosystem, it produced 81 findings with 79 manually reproduced across 62 plugins. Insufficiently secured log files can disclose credentials and personal data and have led to website compromises. The authors derive a taxonomy of log path and protection patterns and best practices, finding multi-layered protection often absent.

arXiv cs.CR · 1d agoResearch

Oracle September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update addresses 672 CVEs

Oracle's September 2026 CSPU fixes 672 CVEs across 673 patches, including 104 critical updates, with E-Business Suite receiving the most patches (159).

Oracle released its September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update fixing 672 unique CVEs via 673 security updates across 17 product families, with 104 patches (15.5%) rated critical and 503 rated high. Oracle E-Business Suite received the most patches at 159 (23.6%), followed by Fusion Middleware at 153, of which 78 are remotely exploitable without authentication. The CSPU is a monthly release cycle Oracle introduced in May 2026 between larger quarterly CPUs. Tenable will publish plugins to identify affected systems.

Tenable Blog · 23h agoVulnerability