PSA: Update Now! Critical Authentication Bypass in WooCommerce Payments Allows Site Takeover

This post has been updated with additional information that has become available since its publication The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team regularly monitors plugin updates and reviews any indicating that a potential security issue may have been addressed. Today, March 23, 2023, we noticed tha...

Multiple Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in Three WordPress Plugins Patched

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team recently disclosed several Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities that we discovered in three different plugins - Watu Quiz installed on 5,000 sites, GN-Publisher installed on 40,000 sites, and Japanized For WooCommerce installed on 10,000 sites. As...

WordPress Meta Slider Plugin <= 3.29.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Software Meta Slider Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 3.29.0 Fixed in 3.29.1 OWASP Top 10 A7: Cross-Site Scripting XSS Classification Cross Site Scripting XSS CVE N/A Patch priority High CVSS severity High 7.1 Developer Claim ownership PSID 2e34a11fb393 Credits WordFence Required privilege...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Mar 6, 2023 to Mar 12, 2023)

Last week, there were 60 vulnerabilities disclosed in 40 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress theme that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 16 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in...

WordPress LeadSnap Plugin <= 1.23 is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection

Software LeadSnap Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 1.23 Fixed in 1.24 OWASP Top 10 A1: Injection Classification PHP Object Injection CVE N/A Patch priority High CVSS severity High 5.4 Developer Claim ownership PSID 9b44d2d3b583 Credits WordFence Required privilege Unauthenticated Published 13...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Feb 27, 2023 to Mar 5, 2023)

Wordfence has curated an industry leading vulnerability database with all known WordPress core, theme, and plugin vulnerabilities known as Wordfence Intelligence. This database is continuously updated, maintained, and populated by Wordfences highly credentialed and experienced vulnerability...

Wordfence Intelligence: Because Community Created Vulnerabilities Are Community Property

Last August, at Black Hat 2022 in Las Vegas, we launched Wordfence Intelligence, a product designed to provide large enterprise customers with rich IP threat data, malware signatures, malware hashes, and vulnerability data to help keep enterprise customers and networks secure. Our mission at...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Feb 20, 2023 to Feb 26, 2023)

Wordfence has curated an industry leading vulnerability database with all known WordPress core, theme, and plugin vulnerabilities known as Wordfence Intelligence Community Edition. This database is continuously updated, maintained, and populated by Wordfences highly credentialed and experienced...

WordPress Gallery Blocks with Lightbox Plugin <= 3.0.7 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control

Software Gallery Blocks with Lightbox Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 3.0.7 Fixed in 3.0.8 OWASP Top 10 A5: Broken Access Control Classification Broken Access Control CVE N/A Patch priority Medium CVSS severity Medium 5.4 Developer Claim ownership PSID 3d6fef144531 Credits WordFence Required...

Wordfence WooCommerce 2FA: Set Up This New Feature To Protect Your Customers

On February 15, we made the exciting announcement that the latest release of Wordfence, version 7.9.0, includes a new feature: WooCommerce 2FA two-factor authentication for customer level users. What does this mean for you as an e-commerce store operator? And how can you start using this feature?...

WordPress All In One SEO Pack 4.2.9 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Affected Plugin: All In One SEO Pack Plugin Slug: all-in-one-seo-pack Affected Versions: = 4.2.9 CVE ID: CVE-2023-0586 CVSS Score: 6.4 Medium CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Researcher/s: Ivan Kuzymchak Fully Patched Version: 4.3.0 The All in One SEO Pack plugin for...

All In One SEO Pack Vulnerabilities Impacting 3 Million Sites Patched

On January 26, 2023, the Wordfence Team responsibly disclosed two vulnerabilities in All In One SEO Pack, a WordPress plugin installed on over 3 Million sites which provides search engine optimization tools designed to help content creators optimize their sites and reach more users. Both reported...

WordPress Top 10 Plugin <= 3.2.4 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control

Software Top 10 Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 3.2.4 Fixed in 3.2.5 OWASP Top 10 A5: Broken Access Control Classification Broken Access Control CVE N/A Patch priority Medium CVSS severity Medium 4.3 Developer WebberZone PSID 0fa5b1c87acc Credits WordFence Required privilege Subscriber Publishe...

Wordfence Intelligence CE Weekly Vulnerability Report (Feb 13, 2023 to Feb 19, 2023)

Wordfence has curated an industry leading vulnerability database with all known WordPress core, theme, and plugin vulnerabilities known as Wordfence Intelligence Community Edition. This database is continuously updated, maintained, and populated by Wordfences highly credentialed and experienced...

WordPress WP Meta SEO Plugin <= 4.5.2 is vulnerable to SQL Injection

Software WP Meta SEO Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 4.5.2 Fixed in 4.5.3 OWASP Top 10 A1: Injection Classification SQL Injection CVE N/A Patch priority High CVSS severity High 7.1 Developer Claim ownership PSID ed22c0b021d4 Credits WordFence Required privilege Subscriber Published 23 February,...

Authorization vs. Intent: Why You Should Always Verify Both

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team has observed a recent increase in the number of partial vulnerability patches that don’t properly address separate underlying issues. More specifically, we have been seeing an increase in Missing Authorization vulnerabilities that are fixed using tools...

WordPress Contextual Related Posts Plugin <= 3.3.1 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control

Software Contextual Related Posts Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 3.3.1 Fixed in 3.3.2 OWASP Top 10 A5: Broken Access Control Classification Broken Access Control CVE N/A Patch priority Medium CVSS severity Medium 4.3 Developer WebberZone PSID e8edb816581c Credits WordFence Required privilege...

WordPress BuddyForms Plugin <= 2.7.7 is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection

Software BuddyForms Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 2.7.7 Fixed in 2.7.8 OWASP Top 10 A1: Injection Classification PHP Object Injection CVE N/A Patch priority High CVSS severity High 5.4 Developer Claim ownership PSID 2e9e362a10ab Credits WordFence Required privilege Subscriber Published 21...

Wordfence Intelligence CE Weekly Vulnerability Report (Feb 6, 2023 to Feb 12, 2023)

In case you missed it, Wordfence has curated an industry leading vulnerability database with all known WordPress core, theme, and plugin vulnerabilities known as Wordfence Intelligence Community Edition. This database is continuously updated, maintained, and populated by Wordfences highly...

Wordfence Adds Two Factor Auth for WooCommerce Customers

Wordfence 7.9.0 has been released and it includes a very exciting feature for WooCommerce sites and other WordPress sites wanting to make two factor authentication 2fa available to their site users or members. Wordfence 7.9.0 now lets you give your users the ability to configure 2fa on their...