{"id":9190,"date":"2026-03-11T07:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/?p=9190"},"modified":"2026-03-10T22:51:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T02:51:57","slug":"salesforce-experience-cloud-misconfigurations-open-door-to-data-theft-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/salesforce-experience-cloud-misconfigurations-open-door-to-data-theft-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesforce Experience Cloud misconfigurations open door to data theft attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Security researchers warn that poorly configured <a href=\"https:\/\/help.salesforce.com\/s\/articleView?id=experience.networks_overview.htm&amp;type=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Salesforce Experience Cloud<\/a> environments are being exploited to extract sensitive data through guest accounts. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/shinyhunters-claims-ongoing-salesforce-aura-data-theft-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">BleepingComputer<\/a>, attackers linked to the ShinyHunters group are targeting the platform\u2019s \/s\/sfsites\/aura API using a modified AuraInspector tool. By abusing excessive guest permissions, the group claims it accessed data from hundreds of organizations, highlighting persistent risks tied to cloud configuration errors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security researchers warn that poorly configured Salesforce Experience Cloud environments are being exploited to extract sensitive data through guest accounts. According to BleepingComputer, attackers linked to the ShinyHunters group are targeting the platform\u2019s \/s\/sfsites\/aura API using a modified AuraInspector tool. By abusing excessive guest permissions, the group claims it accessed data from hundreds of organizations, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20624,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1785,6003,6000,6001,6002],"class_list":["post-9190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cloud-security","tag-enterprise-data-breach-risk","tag-salesforce-experience-cloud","tag-salesforce-misconfiguration-risk","tag-shinyhunters-cyberattack"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Salesforce Experience Cloud misconfigurations open door to data theft attacks - Web Hosting News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/salesforce-experience-cloud-misconfigurations-open-door-to-data-theft-attacks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Salesforce Experience Cloud misconfigurations open door to data theft attacks - Web Hosting News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Security researchers warn that poorly configured Salesforce Experience Cloud environments are being exploited to extract sensitive data through guest accounts. 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