CTI · corroborated · 2026-08-21

Critical Elementor Pro bug exposes WordPress sites to RCE attacks

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MITRE ATT&CK

• T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
• T1204 User Execution Execution
• T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution

Indicators

No curated indicators tied to this case.

Detections

No detection content yet — case analysis did not yield signal-specific telemetry. Check back after the next daily CTI pass.

References

• https://cyberpress.org/critical-elementor-pro-bug-exposes-wordpress-sites/
• https://gbhackers.com/critical-elementor-pro-bug-exposes-wordpress-sites-to-rce/