{"id":6926,"date":"2014-07-15T13:45:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T19:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/blog\/?p=6926"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:49:22","slug":"wptouch-security-vulnerability-fixed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/blog\/wptouch-security-vulnerability-fixed\/","title":{"rendered":"WPtouch Security Vulnerability Fixed on SiteGround Servers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6927\" src=\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/wptouch-vulnerability-fixed.jpg\" alt=\"WPtouch vulnerability fixed\" width=\"540\" height=\"182\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A serious vulnerability in one of the most popular WordPress plugins &#8211; WPtouch was announced yesterday. The exploit allows registered users to upload malicious PHP files to your website and use them to gain further access to it.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The plugin that creates a mobile-friendly version of your website is widely used so our security team immediately took action to prevent our users from getting hacked through this exploit. We&#8217;ve acted in a manner that has been proven successful in the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/jetpack-critical-vulnerability-fixed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JetPack<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/timthumb-critical-vulnerability-fixed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TimThumb<\/a> vulnerabilities &#8211; we used our application layer firewall to filter out all requests to our servers that try to utilize the exploit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Although, our customers are shielded against this vulnerability at a server level, we strongly recommend that you update your WPtouch plugin to its latest version where the security issue is properly fixed by the plugin developers.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[subscribe_cta]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A serious vulnerability in one of the most popular WordPress plugins - WPtouch was announced yesterday. 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