
Malicious HEIC Images Can Trigger Remote Code Execution on WordPress Servers
Fortbridge showed authenticated WordPress HEIC uploads can exploit libheif and execute code in PHP-FPM.
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Fortbridge showed authenticated WordPress HEIC uploads can exploit libheif and execute code in PHP-FPM.

A critical libheif heap overflow, fixed in 1.23.3, enabled authenticated WordPress RCE via crafted HEIC uploads.

Wordfence Argus disclosed a critical CVSS 9.8 flaw in libheif enabling protected-file disclosure and code execution on vulnerable server deployments.

Hacktron researchers used Claude Opus 5 to exploit libheif and an SSO flaw, taking over OpenAI employee ChatGPT and Codex accounts within 72 hours.
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