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As 2025 draws to a close, security professionals face a sobering realization: the traditional playbook for web security has become dangerously obsolete. AI-powered attacks, evolving injection techniques, and supply chain compromises affecting hundreds of thousands of websites forced a fundamental rethink of defensive strategies. Here are the five threats that reshaped web security this year, and

alexusmai laravel-file-manager 3.3.1 and below is vulnerable to Directory Traversal. The zip/archiving functionality allows an attacker to create archives containing files and directories outside the intended scope due to improper path validation.

### Summary A security issue exists in the `exec_in_pod` tool of the `mcp-server-kubernetes` MCP Server. The tool accepts user-provided commands in both array and string formats. When a string format is provided, it is passed directly to shell interpretation (`sh -c`) without input validation, allowing shell metacharacters to be interpreted. This vulnerability can be exploited through direct command injection or indirect prompt injection attacks, where AI agents may execute commands without explicit user intent. ### Details The MCP Server exposes the `exec_in_pod` tool to execute commands inside Kubernetes pods. The tool supports both array and string command formats. The Kubernetes Exec API (via `@kubernetes/client-node`) accepts commands as an array of strings, which executes commands directly without shell interpretation. However, when a string format is provided, the code automatically wraps it in shell execution (`sh -c`), which interprets shell metacharacters without any input v...

### Summary `@vitejs/plugin-rsc` vendors `react-server-dom-webpack`, which contained an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in versions prior to 19.0.1, 19.1.2, and 19.2.1. See details in React repository's advisory https://github.com/facebook/react/security/advisories/GHSA-fv66-9v8q-g76r ### Impact Applications using affected versions of `@vitejs/plugin-rsc` are vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution through deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can execute arbitrary code remotely without authentication, affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. ### Recommendations Upgrade immediately to `@vitejs/plugin-rsc@0.5.3` or later. ### Workarounds Applications not using server-side React or React Server Components are unaffected.

### Impact There is an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in React Server Components. We recommend upgrading immediately. The vulnerability is present in versions 19.0, 19.1.0, 19.1.1, and 19.2.0 of: * [react-server-dom-webpack](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-server-dom-webpack) * [react-server-dom-parcel](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-server-dom-parcel) * [react-server-dom-turbopack](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-server-dom-turbopack?activeTab=readme) ### Patches A fix was introduced in versions [19.0.1](https://github.com/facebook/react/releases/tag/v19.0.1), [19.1.2](https://github.com/facebook/react/releases/tag/v19.1.2), and [19.2.1](https://github.com/facebook/react/releases/tag/v19.2.1). If you are using any of the above packages please upgrade to any of the fixed versions immediately. If your app’s React code does not use a server, your app is not affected by this vulnerability. If your app does not use a framework, bundler, or bundler pl...

A maximum-severity security flaw has been disclosed in React Server Components (RSC) that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-55182, carries a CVSS score of 10.0. It allows "unauthenticated remote code execution by exploiting a flaw in how React decodes payloads sent to React Server Function endpoints," the React Team said in

A critical security flaw impacting a WordPress plugin known as King Addons for Elementor has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-8489 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a case of privilege escalation that allows unauthenticated attackers to grant themselves administrative privileges by simply specifying the administrator user role during registration. It affects versions

## Summary A security fix is now available for Step CA that resolves a vulnerability affecting deployments configured with ACME and/or SCEP provisioners. All operators running these provisioners should upgrade to the latest release (`v0.29.0`) immediately. The issue was discovered and disclosed by a research team during a security review. There is no evidence of active exploitation. To limit exploitation risk during a coordinated disclosure window, we are withholding detailed technical information for now. A full write-up will be published in several weeks. --- ## Embargo List If your organization runs Step CA in production and would like advance, embargoed notification of future security updates, visit https://u.step.sm/disclosure to request inclusion on our embargo list. --- ## Acknowledgements This issue was identified and reported by Stephen Kubik of the Cisco Advanced Security Initiatives Group (ASIG) --- Stay safe, and thank you for helping us keep the ecosystem secure...

## Summary Workspace Agent manifests containing sensitive values were logged in plaintext unsanitized ## Details By default Workspace Agent logs are redirected to [stderr](https://linux.die.net/man/3/stderr) https://github.com/coder/coder/blob/a8862be546f347c59201e2219d917e28121c0edb/cli/agent.go#L432-L439 [Workspace Agent Manifests](https://coder.com/docs/reference/agent-api/schemas#agentsdkmanifest) containing sensitive environment variables were logged insecurely https://github.com/coder/coder/blob/7beb95fd56d2f790502e236b64906f8eefb969bd/agent/agent.go#L1090 An attacker with limited local access to the Coder Workspace (VM, K8s Pod etc.) or a third-party system ([SIEM](https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/security_information_and_event_management_tool), logging stack) could access those logs This behavior opened room for unauthorized access and privilege escalation ## Impact Impact varies depending on the environment variables set in a given workspace ## Patches [Fix](https://g...

## Summary A security fix is now available for Step CA that resolves a vulnerability affecting deployments configured with the SSHPOP provisioner. All operators running these provisioners should upgrade to the latest release (`v0.29.0`) immediately. The issue was discovered and responsibly disclosed by a research team during a security review. There is no evidence of active exploitation. To limit exploitation risk during a coordinated disclosure window, we are withholding detailed technical information for now. A full write-up will be published in several weeks. --- ## Embargo List If your organization runs Step CA in production and would like advance, embargoed notification of future security updates, visit https://u.step.sm/disclosure to request inclusion on our embargo list. --- ## Acknowledgements This issue was identified and reported by Gabriel Departout and Andy Russon, from [AMOSSYS](http://amossys.fr/). This audit was sponsored by [ANSSI](https://cyber.gouv.fr/) (Fren...