Viral Mag
Viral Mag has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2023; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 4.3, and the most serious one scores 4.3 out of 10.
The most common weakness is Missing Authorization, behind 1 of the records (100%).
The one issue recorded for Viral Mag has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.
All of these findings were reported by Dave Jong. Viral Mag is installed on roughly 1,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius.
CVE-2023-28990Viral Mag <= 1.0.9 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Activation
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Viral Mag
Author
hashthemes
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