Forensia CTI Core

Summary

Ingested excerpt (first ~500 chars of normalized text).

New wp2shell WordPress Core Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code An anonymous HTTP request can run code on a WordPress site. The bug is in core, so a bare install with zero plugins is exploitable. Every 6.9 and 7.0 site was in range until Friday, when WordPress shipped 6.9.5 and 7.0.2 and enabled what it calls forced updates through its auto-update system. Adam Kues at Assetnote, Searchlight Cyber's attack surface management arm, found the flaw and reported New wp2s…

https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/new-wp2shell-wordpress-core-flaw-lets.html

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What we pulled out

Deterministic extractor (IOC + allowlisted tokens + ATT&CK IDs present in DB).

cve0
md50
url0
ipv40
ipv60
sha10
domain4
sha2560
malware_token0
attack_pattern0
threat_actor_token1

Indicators

Linked with report → mentions → indicator. Values open the indicator workspace.

Type	Value	Link
domain	wp2shell.com	Open →
domain	class-wp-rest-server.php	Open →
domain	class-wp-query.php	Open →
domain	rest-api.php	Open →

Malware families

Allowlist token matches only.

None extracted.

Threat actors mentioned

Allowlist mentions — not a formal attribution verdict.

Scattered Spider

ATT&CK techniques

MITRE IDs referenced in text and present in local technique table.

None linked (import ATT&CK or adjust text).

CONTINUE INVESTIGATION

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Intel graph (first IOC)
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