Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 22 hours ago

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A researcher spent $25 on an AI model and found a full RCE exploit in WordPress.

This video shows the exploit in action and talks about how to defend against similar attacks, including through the use of distroless Chainguard Containers.

We also consider the implications here: should we be expecting more exploits like this in code we've long trusted?

Now is the time to revise your security strategy.

#WordPress #CyberSecurity #Containers #DevSecOps #Chainguard

wp2shell webpage: wp2shell.com
wp2shell article: slcyber.io/research-center/exploit-brokers-pay-500000-for-a-wordpress-rce-i-found-one-with-gpt5-6
wp2shell PoC github.com/Icex0/wp2shell-poc

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