Supply Chain Attack on WordPress.org Plugins Leads to 5 Maliciously Compromised WordPress Plugins

On Monday June 24th, 2024 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team became aware of a plugin, Social Warfare, that was injected with malicious code on June 22, 2024 based on a forum post by the WordPress.org Plugin Review team. We immediately checked the malicious file and uploaded it to our interna...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 10, 2024 to June 16, 2024)

Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us, and we handle all the rest...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 3, 2024 to June 9, 2024)

Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us, and we handle all the rest...

WordPress Clever Fox plugin <= 25.2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability

Authenticated Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability discovered by WordFence in WordPress Plugin Clever Fox versions = 25.2.0...

WordPress Salon booking system Plugin <= 9.9 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control

Software Salon booking system Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 9.9 Fixed in 10.0 OWASP Top 10 A5: Broken Access Control Classification Broken Access Control CVE CVE-2024-4468 Patch priority Low CVSS severity Low 4.3 Developer Claim ownership PSID 495ce87718e9 Credits JoanClarke2 Required privile...

WordPress Clever Fox Plugin <= 25.2.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Software Clever Fox Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 25.2.0 Fixed in 25.2.1 OWASP Top 10 A7: Cross-Site Scripting XSS Classification Cross Site Scripting XSS CVE CVE-2024-1768 Patch priority Low CVSS severity Low 6.5 Developer Claim ownership PSID 78a218f7f787 Credits WordFence Required privileg...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 27, 2024 to June 2, 2024)

Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us, and we handle all the rest...

40,000 WordPress Sites affected by Vulnerability That Leads to Privilege Escalation in Login/Signup Popup WordPress Plugin

📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us, and we handle all the...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 20, 2024 to May 26, 2024)

Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us, and we handle all the rest...

Up to 30X Faster PHP Malware Scans with Wordfence CLI 4.0.1

Most of our customers scan a single site or a small number of sites for PHP malware using the Wordfence Plugin, and they coordinate scanning across multiple sites with Wordfence Central. If you are responsible for securing a large hosting provider network as part of an operations or security team...

The Wordfence Affiliate Program Officially Launches Today

Today, we are officially launching the Wordfence Affiliate Program. If you love securing WordPress and are passionate about helping make the Web a safer place, click here to apply to the program now. This is an exciting opportunity for us to give back to our incredible community who have been...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 6, 2024 to May 12, 2024)

Did you know were running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! Last week, there were 184 vulnerabilities disclosed in 146 WordPres...

Revolutionizing WordPress Bug Bounty and Security: Latest Enhancements to the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program

We are excited to share some updates on our Bug Bounty Program today! It has been over six months since the launch of our program, during which weve awarded approximately $242,000 in bounties. Since then, our team has triaged around 2,140 vulnerability submissions, with about 1,320 deemed in-scop...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 29, 2024 to May 5, 2024)

Did you know were running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! Last week, there were 164 vulnerabilities disclosed in 145 WordPres...

$563 Bounty Awarded for Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Patched in Yoast SEO WordPress Plugin

🎉 Did you know were running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! On April 22th, 2024, during our second Bug Bounty Extravaganza, w...

WordPress rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress Plugin <= 4.6.18 is vulnerable to SQL Injection

Software rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 4.6.18 Fixed in 4.6.19 OWASP Top 10 A1: Injection Classification SQL Injection CVE N/A Patch priority High CVSS severity High 8.5 Developer Claim ownership PSID 8c202745894f Credits WordFence Required privile...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 15, 2024 to April 21, 2024)

Did you know were running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! Last week, there were 209 vulnerabilities disclosed in 169 WordPres...

$493 Bounty Awarded for Arbitrary Options Update Vulnerability Patched in WP Datepicker WordPress Plugin

🎉 Did you know were running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! On April 14th, 2024, during our Bug Extravaganza, we received a...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 8, 2024 to April 14, 2024)

Did you know were running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! Last week, there were 219 vulnerabilities disclosed in 209 WordPres...

$400 Bounty Awarded for SQL Injection Vulnerability Patched in WP Activity Log Premium WordPress Plugin

🎉 Did you know were running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! On February 24th, 2024, during our second Bug Bounty Extravaganza...