# Exploit Brokers Pay $500K for WordPress RCEs; Researcher Finds One with GPT-5.6 for $25

Exploit brokers are offering up to $500,000 for WordPress remote code execution vulnerabilities. A security researcher claims to have found such a bug using a GPT-5.6 AI assistant at a personal cost of only $25. This highlights the growing underground market for zero-days and the potential for AI to make critical vulnerability discovery cheaper and more accessible.

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### Technology
- [Hacker News](https://slcyber.io/research-center/exploit-brokers-pay-500000-for-a-wordpress-rce-i-found-one-with-gpt5-6/) — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:13:36 +0000