Sophisticated & Stealthy Formjacking Malware Targets E-Commerce Checkout Pages

📢In case you missed it, Wordfence just published itsannual WordPress security report for 2024. Read it now to learn more about the evolving risk landscape of WordPress so you can keep your sites protected in 2025 and beyond. The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team recently uncovered a sophisticate...

PSA: Widespread Remote Working Scam Underway

Ive just gotten off the phone with a victim of the scam that Im about to describe. This is impacting a lot of folks, so please do spread the word. Its infuriating. Ill be around to reply to your comments below, but please do not engage in victim-blaming, because until youve actually been hit by o...

Wordfence Helps Enable Education in Uganda

I want to share something very exciting and truly wonderful with you all today. Wordfence just completed a project where we partnered with Far Away Friends, a Denver-based non-profit working in partnership with local leaders in Uganda, to bring light and electricity to a school campus in a remote...

Mass Exploit Campaign Targeting Arbitrary Plugin Installation Vulnerabilities

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The Price of ‘Free’: How Nulled Plugins Are Used to Weaken Your Defense

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team has discovered a new malware campaign that highlights the hidden risks associated with "nulled plugins", or premium plugins that have been tampered with by third parties. This campaign is particularly concerning because it doesn't just infect websites: it...

33,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in RealHomes WordPress Theme

🌞Spring Into Summer Challenge: Critical Threats = Critical Rewards. 🌞 🔥 Now through August 4, 2025, earn 2X bounty rewards for all in-scope submissions from our'High Threat' list in software with fewer than 5 million active installs. Submit bold. Earn big! 🔥 On May 4th, 2025, we received a...

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...

The Cybersecurity CIA Triad: What You Need to Know as a WordPress Site Owner

One of the core concepts of cybersecurity is known as the CIA Triad. There are three pillars to the triad, with each pillar being designed to address an aspect of securing data. These three pillars are Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. The Confidentiality pillar is intended to prevent...

AWS Attacks Targeting WordPress Increase 5X

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team has been tracking a huge increase in malicious login attempts against WordPress sites in our network. Since November 17, 2021, the number of attacks targeting login pages has doubled. We’ve seen a global increase in attacks against WordPress sites during the...

Common WordPress Vulnerabilities and Prevention Through Secure Coding Best Practices

WordPress has experienced exponential growth in the past several years and now holds over 42% of the CMS market share for all major sites. There are over 50,000 plugins available to download in the WordPress repository. That does not include the thousands of premium or open source plugins availab...

Wordfence Bug Bounty Program Monthly Report – May 2026

In May 2026, the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program received 1095 vulnerability submissions from our growing community of security researchers working to improve the overall security posture of the WordPress ecosystem. These submissions are reviewed, triaged, and processed by the Wordfence Threat...

Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Breeze Cache Plugin

On April 22nd, 2026, we publicly disclosed a critical Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Breeze Cache, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 400,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged by unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files, including PHP backdoors, and...

2024 Annual WordPress Security Report by Wordfence

The 2024 WordPress security landscape saw significant changes, with new Bug Bounty Programs such as Wordfence’s creating opportunities for numerous researchers to earn a sustainable income by examining WordPress software. Despite another record year for disclosed vulnerabilities in 2025, the risi...

Wordfence Bug Bounty Researchers: Unlock More Earning Potential With New “Refer A Researcher” Program

Today, we at Wordfence are excited to announce a groundbreaking addition to our Wordfence Bug Bounty Program: the Refer-A-Researcher Program! Refer new researchers to our program and earn commissions when they submit valid vulnerabilities. This is a great opportunity to earn even more with the...

Dissecting a Clever Malware Sample for Optimized Detection and Protection

As part of our product lineup, we offer security monitoring and malware removal services to our Wordfence Care and Response customers. In case of a security incident, our incident response team will investigate the root cause, find and remove malware from your site, and help with other...

Friday Long Read: What To Do About AI

This is a Friday long-read, so grab a warm cup of something and kick back because were going to take our time on this. The world is about to profoundly change. I know youre nervous - perhaps excited and optimistic, but if youve been paying attention and have been watching the trajectory of this...

Wordfence Argus Finds Complex 6 Step Critical RCE in Avada Theme with 1 Million Sales

A year ago we wrote that we'd put AI to work across the whole company, turning everyone on the team into a capable AI operator so our defenders could stay ahead of the threat actors attacking the sites we protect. In April we showed where it was heading: in the space of a few months, AI-assisted...

600,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in Forminator Forms WordPress Plugin

On July 14th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Forminator Forms, a WordPress plugin with more than 600,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files, including...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 20, 2026 to July 26, 2026)

Last week, there were 264 vulnerabilities disclosed in 210 WordPress Plugins and 6 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 117 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilitie...

PSA: WordPress Core Patched Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Chain

On July 17, 2026, the WordPress Security Team released updates to WordPress core addressing two security vulnerabilities. The first is an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-60137, while the second can be chained with the SQL injection to increase its impact to...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 6, 2026 to April 12, 2026)

Last week, there were 157 vulnerabilities disclosed in 141 WordPress Plugins and 23 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 79 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilitie...

Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Sneeit Framework Plugin

On June 10th, 2025, we received a submission for a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Sneeit Framework, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 1,700 active installations. The plugin is bundled in multiple premium themes. This vulnerability can be leveraged to execute code remotely. The vendor...

Rogue WordPress Plugin Conceals Multi-Tiered Credit Card Skimmers in Fake PNG Files

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team recently discovered a sophisticated malware campaign targeting WordPress e-commerce sites, specifically those using the WooCommerce plugin. This malware exhibits advanced features including custom encryption methods, fake images used to conceal malicious...

Malware Using Variable Functions and Cookies For Obfuscation

📢 Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters!📢 🚀 Operation: Maximum Impact Challenge ! Now through November 10, 2025, earn 2X bounty rewards forall in-scope submissions in software with at least 5,000 active installs and fewer than 5 million active installs. Bounties up to $31,2...

A Deep Dive into a Modular Malware Family

📢 Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters!📢 🌞 Spring into Summer with Wordfence! Now through August 4, 2025, earn 2X bounty rewards forall in-scope submissions from our 'High Threat' list in software with fewer than 5 million active installs. Bounties up to $31,200 per...

WordPress XSSplorer Challenge: An Expanded Scope for All Researchers in the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program

From now through October 7th, 2024, we are expanding the scope of our Bug Bounty Program to include all Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerabilities—both Reflected and Stored—in any WordPress plugin or theme with at least 1,000 active installations for all researchers. This temporary scope expansion...

How Much is Your Hacked Site Worth?

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team has recently concluded an investigation of online marketplaces, colloquially known as “shops” by threat actors, selling access to compromised services. While contemporary threat actors primarily coordinate and conduct business through Telegram channels,...

Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability Patched in WooCommerce

Update: The article originally credited Tommy DeVoss dawgyg for the discovery. Weve since been contacted by Tommy, who let us know that the credit should go to another researcher, Josh from DOS Development Operations Security On July 14, 2021, WooCommerce released an emergency patch for a SQL...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 7, 2026 to September 13, 2026)

Last week, there were 260 vulnerabilities disclosed in 207 WordPress Plugins that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 147 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to...

400,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Account Takeover Vulnerability in TranslatePress WordPress Plugin

On August 11th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Account Takeover vulnerability in TranslatePress, a WordPress plugin with more than 400,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain an administrator's password reset...

100,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Pods WordPress Plugin

On August 10th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Pods, a WordPress plugin with more than 100,000 active installations. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges to administrator and perform various...

40,000 WordPress Sites affected by Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in User Profile Builder WordPress Plugin

On July 14th, 2026, we received a submission for an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in User Profile Builder, a WordPress plugin with more than 40,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as the user with ID 1, which is typically th...

WP2Shell WordPress Exploit Technical Analysis and Real Attack Data

On July 17th, 2026, the WordPress Security Team released updates to WordPress core addressing a critical vulnerability chain that can be leveraged by unauthenticated attackers to create an administrator account and then execute code through normal administrator capabilities, such as uploading a...

Wordfence PRISM Detected Backdoored WordPress Plugin within Two Hours of it Being Introduced

On July 28th, 2026, our autonomous AI vulnerability intelligence agent, Wordfence PRISM, identified a critical Authentication Bypass backdoor in Advanced Responsive Video Embedder, a WordPress plugin with approximately 20,000 active installations, less than two hours after the malicious code was...

Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability Patched in Slider Revolution 7 WordPress Plugin

On April 18th, 2026, we received a submission for an Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Slider Revolution, a WordPress plugin. Although the plugin has more than 5,000,000 active installations, we estimate that only around 45,000 sites are using a vulnerable version, as the issue...

200,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Move Vulnerability in MW WP Form WordPress Plugin

On March 16th, 2026, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Move vulnerability in MW WP Form, a WordPress plugin with more than 200,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated threat actors to move arbitrary files, including the wp-config.php file,...

15,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Dokan Pro WordPress Plugin

📢 Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters!📢 🌞 Spring into Summer with Wordfence! Now through September 4, 2025, earn 2X bounty rewards forall in-scope submissions from our ‘High Threat’ list in software with fewer than 5 million active installs. Bounties up to $31,200 per...

A New Threat Landscape Meets A New Kind of Defender

Three years ago we launched a bug bounty program to accelerate WordPress security research, and it has been incredibly successful and has since secured the WordPress community against 9,727 vulnerabilities reported through our program. We have thus far awarded a total of $981,251 to researchers...

Wordfence Bug Bounty Program Monthly Report – November 2025

Last month in November 2025, the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program received 746 vulnerability submissions from our growing community of security researchers working to improve the overall security posture of the WordPress ecosystem. These submissions are reviewed, triaged, and processed by the Wordfen...

The Wordfence 2022 State of WordPress Security Report

Today, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team is releasing our 2022 State of WordPress Security Report as a free White Paper. In our report, we look at changes in the threat landscape, analyze impactful trends, and provide recommendations based on our findings. While most of our recommendations...

Spikes in Attacks Serve as a Reminder to Update Plugins

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team continually monitors trends in the attack data we collect. Occasionally an unusual trend will arise from this data, and we have spotted one such trend standing out over the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. and the first weekend in December. Attack attempts...

Not Just for the Government: Using the NIST Framework to Secure WordPress

When setting up a WordPress website, it is easy to focus on the look and feel of the website, while overlooking the important aspect of security. This makes sense, because the security of a website is largely invisible until something goes wrong. Installing a cybersecurity plugin like Wordfence...

PSA: Critical Unauthenticated Path Traversal Vulnerability Patched in WordPress Core

On September 22, 2026, the WordPress Security Team released WordPress 7.1.2, as well as security backports for every branch back to WordPress 4.7 to address a critical unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability. The issue is tracked as CVE-2026-87902 and has a CVSS v4.0 score of 9.2 Critical. T...

wp2shell Aftermath: The First Critical Unauthenticated WordPress Core RCE in Nearly a Decade

On Friday, July 17, 2026, the WordPress Security Team released security updates for WordPress Core addressing two vulnerabilities that, when chained together, can lead to unauthenticated remote code execution. The chain, now commonly referred to as wp2shell , was discovered and reported by Adam...

Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in WP Freeio Plugin

On September 25th, 2025, we received a submission for a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in WP Freeio, a WordPress plugin bundled in the Freeio premium theme with more than 1,700 sales. This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to grant themselves administrative...

Wordfence Intelligence Launches New Malware Hash Feed!

Today, the Wordfence team is launching a Malware Hash Feed as part of our Wordfence Intelligence API. This gives our Enterprise users another way to rapidly and definitively identify malware targeting web applications. As the world’s foremost WordPress security provider, Wordfence has an expertly...

Wordfence Argus Finds Critical Authentication Bypass in WPMU DEV Dashboard Plugin

On August 19th, 2026, during internal research, I discovered an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in WPMU DEV Dashboard, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 350,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain administrator access when Hub...

50,000 WordPress Sites affected by Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in Ninja Forms – File Upload WordPress Plugin

On January 8th, 2026, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Ninja Forms - File Upload, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 50,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files to a vulnerable...

4,000,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability in Slider Revolution WordPress Plugin

Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters! Operation: Maximum Impact Challenge ! Now through November 10, 2025, earn 2X bounty rewards forall in-scope submissions in software with at least 5,000 active installs and fewer than 5 million active installs. Bounties up to $31,200 pe...

200,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability in SureForms WordPress Plugin

📢 Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters!📢 🌞 Spring into Summer with Wordfence! Now through August 4, 2025, earn 2X bounty rewards forall in-scope submissions from our ‘High Threat’ list in software with fewer than 5 million active installs. Bounties up to $31,200 per...