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This One Goes to Sixteen! Another banger from Metasploit with sixteen new modules, including ten exploit modules, with five on the CISA KEV list. Cisco, Papercut, Sonicwall, Jetbrains, and Langflow all have exploit modules, and not to be outdone, we even have a Metasploit scanner to watch the watchers! New module content (16) Elasticsearch ingest-attachment Apache Tika XFA XXE Local File Read Authors: Bourbon Offensive Security Services and Jean-Marie Bourbon Type: Auxiliary Pull request: #21739 contributed by kmkz Path: scanner/http/elasticsearch_tika_xfa_xxe CVE reference: CVE-2025-66516 Description: Adds an auxiliary scanner module for CVE-2025-54988/CVE-2025-66516. The module validates an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Apache Tika's XFA parser exposed through the Elasticsearch attachment ingest processor. SPIP Unauthenticated Blind SQLi via Date Field Escaping Bypass Authors: Benoit Hua, Franck Chevalier, Julien Voisin, and ka3n1x Type: Auxiliary Pull request: #21791 contributed by jvoisin Path: scanner/http/spip_annee_sqli Description: Adds modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/spip_annee_sqli.rb which exploits a blind SQL injection in SPIP's date column escaping logic. M

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added seven security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog after they landed in attackers' crosshairs. The vulnerabilities are as follows - CVE-2026-83548 (CVSS score: 10.0) - A server-side request forgery vulnerability in SonicWall SMA 1000 Appliances that could allow a remote unauthenticated

Serial Number: AV26-872 Date: September 2, 2026 As of September 1, 2026, SonicWall is affected by a vulnerability in the following product: SMA1000 - 6210, 7210, 8200v 12.4.3-03453 (platform-hotfix) and older versions 12.5.0-02835 (platform-hotfix) and older versions SonicWall indicates that CVE-2026-83548 and CVE-2026-83549 are being exploited. Update 1 On September 2, 2026, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added CVE-2026-83548 and CVE-2026-83549 to their Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Database. The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the provided web links and apply any necessary updates as they become available. Security Advisory SonicWall Security Advisories CISA KEV: CVE-2026-83548 CISA KEV: CVE-2026-83549