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May 25, 2026 at 13:27 UTC
Ghost CMS Vulnerability Exploited to Hack Over 700 Websites
By Eduard Kovacs
AI Summary
A Ghost CMS vulnerability was exploited to compromise over 700 websites, including sites belonging to Harvard University, Oxford University, and DuckDuckGo. The breadth of high-profile victims — spanning academia and privacy-focused tech companies — illustrates how widely deployed Ghost CMS is and how quickly unpatched CMS vulnerabilities are weaponized at scale. Ghost CMS administrators should apply available patches immediately and audit their sites for indicators of compromise.
Relevance score: 74.0/100
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