Popular ThemeREX WordPress Plugin Opens Websites to RCE

A critical vulnerability in a WordPress plugin known as “ThemeREX Addons” could open the door for remote code execution in tens of thousands of websites. According to Wordfence, the bug has been actively exploited in the wild as a zero-day. The plugin, which is installed on approximately 44,000...

A week in security (December 9 – 15)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we cautioned readers against purchasing potentially privacy-invasive, cyber-insecure smart doorbells, warned about a new credit card skimmer vulnerability embedded within hundreds of fraudulent web sites selling supposedly name-brand shoes, and looked at the newest...

Flaw in Elementor and Beaver Addons Let Anyone Hack WordPress Sites

Attention WordPress users! Your website could easily get hacked if you are using "Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder ," or "Ultimate Addons for Elementor " and haven't recently updated them to the latest available versions. Security researchers have discovered a critical yet easy-to-exploit...

WebARX — A Defensive Core For Your Website

Estonian based web security startup WebARX, the company who is also behind open-source plugin vulnerability scanner WPBullet and soon-to-be-released bug bounty platform plugbounty.com , has a big vision for a safer web. It built a defensive core for websites which is embedded deep inside the...

Ultimate Member < 2.0.52 - CSRF and Stored XSS issues

A CSRF vulnerability in adding/editing user roles in Ultimate Member 2.0.49. It also lead to stored XSS. Edit WPScanTeam: July 9th, 2019 - v2.0.50 released and still affected. Escalated to WP Plugins Team July 9th, 2019 - v2.0.51 released, fixing the CSRF but not the XSS July 11th, 2019 - Escalat...

Wordpress Easy Testimonials 3.2 Plugins - Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Exploit Title: Wordpress Plugins Easy Testimonials 3.2 - Cross-Site Scripting Exploit Author: Endust Vendor Homepage: https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-testimonials/ Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-testimonials/ Version: 3.2...

Two Bugs in WordPress Tooltipy Plugin Patched

WordPress has issued fixes for two bugs rated “medium” in its tooltips plugin, including one that can allow bad actors to do anything an administrative user would be able to do on a WordPress site. The Tooltipy plugin allows users to automatically create responsive “tooltip” boxes for technical...

Multiple Wordpress Plugin PHP Object Injection Vulnerabilities

WordPress is a set of WordPress Software Foundation's blogging platform developed using the PHP language, which supports personal blog sites on servers with PHP and MySQL. Multiple Wordpress plugins suffer from a PHP object injection vulnerability that stems from a failure to adequately validate...

Fsociety Hacking Tools Pack

Fsociety Menu Information Gathering Password Attacks Wireless Testing Exploitation Tools Sniffing & Spoofing Web Hacking Private Web Hacking Post Exploitation INSTALL & UPDATE Information Gathering : Nmap Setoolkit Port Scanning Host To IP wordpress user CMS scanner XSStracer Dork – Google Dorks...

Design/Logic Flaw

The Clockwork SMS clockwork-test-message.php component has XSS via a crafted "to" parameter in a clockwork-test-message request to wp-admin/admin.php. This component code is found in the following WordPress plugins: Clockwork Free and Paid SMS Notifications 2.0.3, Two-Factor Authentication -...

CVE-2017-17780

The Clockwork SMS clockwork-test-message.php component has XSS via a crafted "to" parameter in a clockwork-test-message request to wp-admin/admin.php. This component code is found in the following WordPress plugins: Clockwork Free and Paid SMS Notifications 2.0.3, Two-Factor Authentication -...

CVE-2017-17780

The Clockwork SMS clockwork-test-message.php component has XSS via a crafted "to" parameter in a clockwork-test-message request to wp-admin/admin.php. This component code is found in the following WordPress plugins: Clockwork Free and Paid SMS Notifications 2.0.3, Two-Factor Authentication -...

CVE-2017-17780

The Clockwork SMS clockwork-test-message.php component has XSS via a crafted "to" parameter in a clockwork-test-message request to wp-admin/admin.php. This component code is found in the following WordPress plugins: Clockwork Free and Paid SMS Notifications 2.0.3, Two-Factor Authentication -...

Clockwork SMS Cross Site Scripting

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Discoverer: Elias Dimopoulos Linkedin: https://gr.linkedin.com/in/dimopouloselias Vulnerability Type: Reflected XSS via GET parameter "to". Vendor of the affected plugins: https://www.clockworksms.com/plugins/ Affected Plugins:...

WPSploit - WordPress Plugin Code Scanner

This tool is intended for Penetration Testers who audit WordPress plugins or developers who wish to audit their own WordPress plugins. For more info click here. Usage $ git clone https://github.com/m4ll0k/wpsploit.git $ cd wpsploit $ python wpsploit.py pluginfile.php or $ wget...

Referrer Detector <= 4.2.1.0 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection

The plugin referrer-detector insecurely trusts serialized data submitted over HTTP requests. This opens up the site to a PHP object injection vulnerability potential exploit vector. The original researcher notified the WordPress Plugins team. PoC Attack is exploitable over HTTP requests to sites...

NextGEN Gallery geo <= 1.0 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection

The plugin nextgen-gallery-geo insecurely trusts serialized data submitted over AJAX requests. This opens up the site to a PHP object injection vulnerability potential exploit vector. The original researcher notified the WordPress Plugins team. PoC Attack is exploitable over AJAX calls sites with...

AJAX Random Posts <= 0.3.3 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection

The plugin ajax-random-posts insecurely trusts serialized data submitted over HTTP requests. This opens up the site to a PHP object injection vulnerability potential exploit vector. The original researcher notified WordPress Plugins team. PoC Attack is exploitable over AJAX calls on sites with th...

Gravitate QA Tracker <= 1.2.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection

The plugin gravitate-qa-tracker insecurely trusts serialized data submitted over HTTP requests. This opens up the site to a PHP object injection vulnerability potential exploit vector. Attack is exploitable over HTTP requests to sites with the gravitate-qa-tracker Plugin. The original researcher...

Gravitate QA Tracker <= 1.2.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection

The plugin gravitate-qa-tracker insecurely trusts serialized data submitted over HTTP requests. This opens up the site to a PHP object injection vulnerability potential exploit vector. PoC Attack is exploitable over HTTP requests to sites with the gravitate-qa-tracker Plugin. The original...