Wordfence < 7.6.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

The plugin does not sanitise and escape a settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfilteredhtml capability is disallowed for example in multisite setup...

WordPress Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan plugin <= 7.6.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability discovered by Ori Gabriel in WordPress Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan plugin versions = 7.6.0. Solution Update the WordPress Wordfence plugin to the latest available version at least 7.6.1...

WordPress Core Cross Site Scripting / SQL Injection

Description: SQL Injection via Links LIMIT clause Affected Versions: WordPress Core 6.0.2 Researcher: FVD CVE ID: Pending CVSS Score: 8.0 High CVSS Vector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Fully Patched Version: 6.0.2 The WordPress Link functionality, previously known as “Bookmarks”, i...

WordPress Core 6.0.2 Security & Maintenance Release – What You Need to Know

On August 30, 2022, the WordPress core team released WordPress version 6.0.2, which contains patches for 3 vulnerabilities, including a High Severity SQLi vulnerability in the Links functionality as well as two Medium Severity Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities. These patches have been backport...

Ukrainian Website Threat Landscape Throughout 2022

The Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 20, 2022. By mid-March it was clear the cyber-war had begun, and the attacks have been consistent ever since. Prior to this, on March 1, 2022, Wordfence reported on an attack campaign on Ukrainian university websites. In response, we deployed our...

Wordfence Intelligence Launching at Black Hat 2022 in Las Vegas Next Week

Wordfence protects over 4 million websites around the world on 12,000 unique networks, and we block over 1.8 billion attacks targeting those websites every month. For years we have had a relationship with our customers that is a virtuous cycle: We receive attack reports from our customers at a ra...

High Severity Vulnerability Patched in Download Manager Plugin

On July 8, 2022 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for a vulnerability we discovered in “Download Manager,” a WordPress plugin that is installed on over 100,000 sites. This flaw makes it possible for an authenticated attacker to delete arbitrary...

Analyzing Attack Data and Trends Targeting Log4J

The Log4j vulnerability, initially reported in November 2021, has affected millions of devices and applications around the world. It has the potential to allow a malicious actor to take full control of vulnerable devices. As a result of how Log4j controls the logging of strings and code, the...

PSA: Sudden Increase In Attacks On Modern WPBakery Page Builder Addons Vulnerability

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team has been monitoring a sudden increase in attack attempts targeting Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder Addons. This ongoing campaign is attempting to take advantage of an arbitrary file upload vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-24284, which has been...

WordPress BuddyPress Group Reviews plugin <= 2.8.3 - Unauthorized AJAX Actions due to Nonce Bypass

Unauthorized AJAX Actions due to Nonce Bypass discovered by Marco Wotschka / Wordfence in WordPress BuddyPress Group Reviews plugin versions = 2.8.3. Solution Update the WordPress BuddyPress Group Reviews plugin to the latest available version at least 2.8.4...

WordPress Download Manager 3.2.42 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Description: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Affected Plugin: Download Manager Plugin Slug: download-manager Plugin Developer: codename065 Affected Versions: = 3.2.42 CVE ID: CVE-2022-1985 CVSS Score: 6.1 Medium CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Researcher/s: Rafie Muhammad...

WordPress Download Manager 3.2.42 Cross Site Scripting

Description: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Affected Plugin: Download Manager Plugin Slug: download-manager Plugin Developer: codename065 Affected Versions: = 3.2.42 CVE ID: CVE-2022-1985 CVSS Score: 6.1 Medium CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Researcher/s: Rafie Muhammad...

Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability In Download Manager Plugin

On May 30, 2022, Security Researcher Rafie Muhammad reported a reflected Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability to us that they discovered in Download Manager, a WordPress plugin installed on over 100,000 sites. On request, we assigned a vulnerability identifier of CVE-2022-1985. All Wordfence...

WordPress JupiterX Core premium plugin <= 2.0.6 - Insufficient Access Control leading to Authenticated Arbitrary Plugin Deactivation and Settings Modification

Insufficient Access Control leading to Authenticated Arbitrary Plugin Deactivation and Settings Modification discovered by Ramuel Gall Wordfence in WordPress JupiterX Core premium plugin versions = 2.0.6. Solution Update the WordPress JupiterX Core premium plugin to the latest available version a...

WordPress JupiterX premium theme <= 2.0.6 - Authenticated Path Traversal and Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability

Authenticated Path Traversal and Local File Inclusion LFI vulnerability discovered by Ramuel Gall WordFence in WordPress JupiterX premium theme versions = 2.0.6. Solution Update the WordPress JupiterX premium theme to the latest available version at least 2.0.7...

WordPress Jupiter premium theme <= 6.10.1 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation and Post deletion vulnerability

Authenticated Privilege Escalation and Post deletion vulnerability discovered by Ramuel Gall Wordfence in WordPress Jupiter premium theme versions = 6.10.1. Solution Update the WordPress Jupiter premium theme to the latest available version at least 6.10.2...

WordPress Jupiter premium theme <= 6.10.1 - Authenticated Path Traversal and Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability

Authenticated Path Traversal and Local File Inclusion LFI vulnerability discovered by Ramuel Gall Wordfence in WordPress Jupiter premium theme versions = 6.10.1. Solution Update the WordPress Jupiter premium theme to the latest available version at least 6.10.2...

WordPress JupiterX premium plugin <= 2.0.7 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation and Post deletion vulnerability

Authenticated Privilege Escalation and Post deletion vulnerability discovered by Ramuel Gall Wordfence in WordPress JupiterX premium plugin versions = 2.0.7. Solution Update the WordPress JupiterX premium plugin to the latest available version at least 2.0.8...

Millions of Attacks Target Tatsu Builder Plugin

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team has been tracking a large-scale attack against a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Tatsu Builder, which is tracked by CVE-2021-25094 and was publicly disclosed on March 24, 2022 by an independent security researcher. The issue is present in vulnerable...

PHP Object Injection Vulnerability in Booking Calendar Plugin

On April 18, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for an Object Injection vulnerability in the Booking Calendar plugin for WordPress, which has over 60,000 installations. We received a response the same day and sent over our full disclosure ear...