Legacy Routers, WordPress Exploits, and the Compression of Patch Windows

The Daily CVE Update · Oct 13, 2026 · 15m

Legacy Routers, WordPress Exploits, and the Compression of Patch Windows

Three critical vulnerabilities disclosed this week share a dangerous common thread: all carry working exploit code in the wild, and attackers are moving faster than most UK small businesses can patch. This episode examines CVSS 10.0 flaws in legacy TRENDnet, Linksys, Edimax, and Netcore routers that will never receive security updates, an actively exploited unauthenticated code execution vulnerability in the Bricksforge WordPress plugin, and a SonicWall SMA 1000 server-side request forgery flaw that saw 135 documented…