WordPress 6.3.2 Security Release – What You Need to Know

WordPress Core 6.3.2 was released today, on October 12, 2023. It includes a number of security fixes and additional hardening against commonly exploited vulnerabilities. While all of the vulnerabilities are of Medium severity, several of them are impactful enough to potentially allow site takeove...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 2, 2023 to October 8, 2023)

Last week, there were 92 vulnerabilities disclosed in 88 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 37 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 25, 2023 to October 1, 2023)

Last week, there were 90 vulnerabilities disclosed in 68 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 31 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 18, 2023 to September 24, 2023)

Last week, there were 42 vulnerabilities disclosed in 37 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 10 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 11, 2023 to September 17, 2023)

Last week, there were 55 vulnerabilities disclosed in 46 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 15 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...

Two PHP Object Injection Vulnerabilities Fixed in Essential Blocks

On August 18, 2023, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for two PHP Object Injection vulnerabilities in the Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress, a plugin with over 100,000 installations. We received a response three days later and sent over our fu...

WordPress Essential Blocks 4.2.0 / Essential Blocks Pro 1.1.0 PHP Object Injection

Vulnerability Summary from Wordfence Intelligence Description: Insecure Deserialization/PHP Object Injection via queries Affected Plugin: Essential Blocks, Essential Blocks Pro Plugin slug: essential-blocks, essential-blocks-pro Vendor: WPDeveloper Affected versions: = 4.2.0 Free and = 1.1.0 Pro...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 4, 2023 to September 10, 2023)

Last week, there were 107 vulnerabilities disclosed in 89 WordPress Plugins and 5 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 36 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...

Malware Scanning: An Essential Layer of Website Security

Wordfence recently launched Wordfence CLI, a high performance command line malware scanner, which makes use of our extensive set of malware detection signatures to rapidly scan file systems for infections. In recent years, the WordPress community has seen a shift in emphasis towards prevention,...

Over 100,000 WordPress Websites Affected by XSS and SQLi Vulnerabilities in Slimstat Analytics Plugin

On August 24, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for a stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS and a Blind SQL Injection vulnerability in the Slimstat Analytics plugin, which is actively installed on more than 100,000 WordPress websites. T...

WordPress Slimstat Analytics 5.0.9 Cross Site Scripting / SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Summary from Wordfence Intelligence Description: Slimstat Analytics = 5.0.9 – Authenticated Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Affected Plugin: Slimstat Analytics Plugin Slug: wp-slimstat Affected Versions: = 5.0.9 CVE ID: CVE-2023-4597 CVSS Score: 6.4 Medium CVS...

WordPress Slimstat Analytics Plugin <= 5.0.9 is vulnerable to SQL Injection

Software Slimstat Analytics Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 5.0.9 Fixed in 5.0.10 OWASP Top 10 A1: Injection Classification SQL Injection CVE CVE-2023-4598 Patch priority Low CVSS severity Low 8.5 Developer Claim ownership PSID 8c9d4c888c2a Credits WordFence Required privilege Contributor...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 28, 2023 to September 3, 2023)

Last week, there were 64 vulnerabilities disclosed in 61 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 32 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities i...

Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Patched in Newsletter WordPress Plugin

On August 16, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for a stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability in the Newsletter plugin, which is actively installed on more than 300,000 WordPress websites. The vulnerability enables threat...

WordPress Newsletter 7.8.9 Cross Site Scripting

Vulnerability Summary from Wordfence Intelligence Description: Newsletter = 7.8.9 – Authenticated Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Affected Plugin: Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress Plugin Slug: newsletter Affected Versions: = 7.8.9 CVE ID: CVE-2023-4772 CVSS...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 21, 2023 to August 27, 2023)

Last week, there were 43 vulnerabilities disclosed in 38 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 23 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...

Introducing Free Wordfence Intelligence WordPress Vulnerability Webhook Notifications!

We’re incredibly excited to announce that we have launched a webhook integration for vulnerabilities as part of Wordfence Intelligence, which enables users to stay on top of the latest vulnerabilities being added to the Wordfence Intelligence WordPress Vulnerability database, all completely for...

Introducing Wordfence CLI: A High Performance Malware Scanner Built for the Command Line

Today, we are incredibly excited to announce the launch of Wordfence CLI: an open source, high performance malware scanner built for the command-line. With Wordfence CLI you can detect malware and other indicators of compromise on a host system by running an extremely fast scanner that is at home...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 14, 2023 to August 20, 2023)

Last week, there were 64 vulnerabilities disclosed in 67 WordPress Plugins and 10 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 37 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...

WordPress DoLogin Security Plugin <= 3.6 is vulnerable to Bypass Vulnerability

Software DoLogin Security Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 3.6 Fixed in 3.7 OWASP Top 10 A4: Insecure Design Classification Bypass Vulnerability CVE N/A Patch priority Low CVSS severity Low 5.3 Developer Claim ownership PSID e4651ef4e7a2 Credits WordFence Required privilege Unauthenticated...