Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 17, 2023 to July 23, 2023)

Last week, there were 62 vulnerabilities disclosed in 1035 WordPress Plugins and 90 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 vulnerabilitie...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 10, 2023 to July 16, 2023)

Note: We accidentally sent out an email for this report with last weeks subject line. Due to the subject line not being very different week to week for this report, we opted to just leave it as is and not send a follow-up email. We apologize for this error on our part! Last week, there were 69...

“Never Assume Anything” – Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Exposed in 14 Email Logging Plugins

“Never Assume Anything” – that is the 4th Guiding Principle written in the Security section of the WordPress Common APIs Handbook for developers. When it comes to WordPress plugin security, assumptions can be dangerous. This became evident when the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered an...

Massive Targeted Exploit Campaign Against WooCommerce Payments Underway

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team has been monitoring an ongoing exploit campaign targeting a recently disclosed vulnerability in WooCommerce Payments, a plugin installed on over 600,000 sites. Large-scale attacks against the vulnerability, assigned CVE-2023-28121, began on Thursday, July 14...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 3, 2023 to July 9, 2023)

Last week, there were 61 vulnerabilities disclosed in 54 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 28 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities i...

Interesting Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability Patched in User Registration WordPress Plugin

On June 19, 2023, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in WPEverest’s User Registration plugin, which is actively installed on more than 60,000 WordPress websites. This vulnerability makes it...

Open-Source Projects Use the Wordfence Vulnerability Data Feed API and You Can Too!

Prior to joining the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, I spent several years as a vulnerability analyst, responsible for collecting, analyzing, and curating every publicly disclosed vulnerability. This meant collecting vulnerability information from almost a hundred different, disparate sources...

PSA: Unpatched Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Ultimate Member Plugin Being Actively Exploited

Today, on June 29, 2023, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team became aware of an unpatched privilege escalation vulnerability being actively exploited in Ultimate Member, a WordPress plugin installed on over 200,000 sites, through our vulnerability changelog monitoring we do to ensure the...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 19, 2023 to June 25, 2023)

Last week, there were 84 vulnerabilities disclosed in 76 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 42 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities i...

miniOrange Addresses Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in WordPress Social Login and Register WordPress Plugin

On May 28, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in miniOrange’s WordPress Social Login and Register plugin, which is actively installed on more than 30,000 WordPress websites. The...

WordPress WordPress Social Login and Register (Discord, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn) Plugin <= 7.6.4 is vulnerable to Broken Authentication

Software WordPress Social Login and Register Discord, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 7.6.4 Fixed in 7.6.5 OWASP Top 10 A2: Broken Authentication Classification Broken Authentication CVE CVE-2023-2982 Patch priority High CVSS severity High 9.8 Developer Claim ownership...

Arbitrary User Password Change Vulnerability in LearnDash LMS WordPress Plugin

On June 5, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified, and began the responsible disclosure process, for an Arbitrary User Password Change vulnerability in LearnDash LMS plugin, a WordPress plugin that is actively installed on more than 100,000 WordPress websites according to our...

WordPress Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce Plugin < 5.2.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Software Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce Type Plugin Vulnerable versions 5.2.0 Fixed in 5.2.0 OWASP Top 10 A7: Cross-Site Scripting XSS Classification Cross Site Scripting XSS CVE CVE-2019-25152 Patch priority High CVSS severity High 7.2 Developer Claim ownership PSID 03c8c053aa65 Credits...

WordPress Abandoned Cart Pro Plugin <= 7.12.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Software Abandoned Cart Pro Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 7.12.0 Fixed in 7.13.0 OWASP Top 10 A7: Cross-Site Scripting XSS Classification Cross Site Scripting XSS CVE CVE-2019-25152 Patch priority High CVSS severity High 7.2 Developer Claim ownership PSID e46f5b307c8a Credits WordFence Requir...

Wordfence 7.10.0 Released!

Wordfence remains the number one security plugin of choice for website owners serious about protecting their investment and their customers. Our Threat Intelligence team and engineering team stay abreast of the newest threats and ensure that Wordfence is able to protect against them. But keeping ...

WordPress BookIt 2.3.7 Authentication Bypass

On May 22, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in StylemixThemes’s BookIt plugin, which is actively installed on more than 10,000 WordPress websites. The vulnerability makes it possible for...

Tyche Softwares Addresses Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce WordPress Plugin

On May 29, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in Tyche Softwares’s Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin, which is actively installed on more than 30,000 WordPress websites. This...

WordPress Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder Plugin < 3.3.2 Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

The WordPress plugin SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE = "cpe:/a:wpmet:metformelementorcontactformbuilder"; if description...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 5, 2023 to June 11, 2023)

Last week, there were 45 vulnerabilities disclosed in 30 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 17 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 29, 2023 to June 4, 2023)

Last week, there were 116 vulnerabilities disclosed in 88 WordPress Plugins and 3 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 35 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...