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It looks as if Microsoft perhaps should’ve spent more time reviewing the older Call of Duty title prior to releasing it on Game Pass. Call of Duty: WWII was added to Game Pass last week on June 30 and has already been taken offline. Users began reporting strange occurrences not too long after its release on Microsoft’s subscription service. Players had their gaming sessions interrupted by text pop-ups informing them that their computers had just been hacked. Some also reportedly had pornography displayed onscreen, or their PCs were remotely shut down during gameplay.
I JUST GOT HACKED PLAYING WW2! EVERYONE DO NOT PLAY WW2 ON GAMEPASS! @Xbox @XboxSupport @Activision @charlieINTEL @CODUpdates @FaZeScope @Mobbing pic.twitter.com/I5pehK1kHK
— Wrioh (@wrioh75753) July 3, 2025
Bad actors were said to be getting access to users’ systems via RCE (distant code execution) exploits, which were still present in the sport that had originally launched in 2017 for consoles and PC. While these exploits appear to only be affecting PC users on Game Pass, knowledge of their existence isn’t latest, as some have stated they’ve been around for a while across multiple COD titles. Evidently, there are folks on the market completely satisfied to supply the code crucial to benefit from these exploits, for a price, thus allowing users to take control of other systems remotely.
Talked to a man who had access some time back and got a sneak peak/likelihood to purchase the source, its not only ww2 its actually most cod games which might be effected. there’s a current p2c selling with these features and individuals are getting their pcs become botnet zombies pic.twitter.com/79SVUjPsQj
— Lasagne Manne (@LasagneManne) July 3, 2025
The most important threat with RCE exploits is that while they might not immediately allow full access to a system, they do allow a payload to be dropped, which might install an executable file that can. Although there’s been no official acknowledgement of the exploit, Activision has taken the sport down because it investigates “reports of a difficulty”.
📢 Call of Duty: WWII
Call of Duty: WWII on PC Microsoft Store was brought offline while we investigate reports of a difficulty
— Call of Duty Updates (@CODUpdates) July 5, 2025