*** Here Is A List Of Some Of The Best Domain Name Resources Available ***WEST PALM BEACH, FL – At 3:47 PM today, the Threat Intelligence Team from WordFence, posted research detailing a vulnerability in The Official Facebook Chat Plugin, currently installed on over 80,000 WordPress websites. This vulnerability allowed authenticated attackers to connect their own Facebook Messenger account to any site running the vulnerable plugin and engage in chats with site visitors on affected sites.
We initially reached out to Facebook on June 26, 2020 and included the full disclosure details at the time of reaching out. They initially responded on June 30, 2020, and after much back and forth, Facebook released a patch on July 28, 2020. We highly recommend updating to version 1.6 immediately to keep your site protected against any attacks attempting to exploit this vulnerability.
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