Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (November 27, 2023 to December 3, 2023)

Wordfence just launched its bug bounty program. Through December 20th 2023, all researchers will earn 6.25x our normal bounty rates when Wordfence handles responsible disclosure for our Holiday Bug Extravaganza! Register as a researcher and submit your vulnerabilities today! Last week, there were...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 15, 2024 to April 21, 2024)

Did you know were running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! Last week, there were 209 vulnerabilities disclosed in 169 WordPres...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Mar 20, 2023 to Mar 26, 2023)

Last week, there were 80 vulnerabilities disclosed in 69 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress theme 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 in...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 21, 2025 to July 27, 2025)

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...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 16, 2024 to September 22, 2024)

Did you know Wordfence runs aBug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 7th, 2024, XSS vulnerabilities in all plugins and themes with =1,000 Active Installs are in scope for all researchers. In addition, through October 14th, 2024 , r esearchers...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 1, 2024 to April 7, 2024)

Did you know were running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! Last week, there were 193 vulnerabilities disclosed in 154 WordPres...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (December 9, 2024 to December 15, 2024)

Time to wrap up this year and kick-off the new year with a bang! We’re wrapping up the year with ourEnd of Year Holiday Extravaganza , High-Risk Bonus Blitz Challenge , and Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program. Through January 6th, 2025: All in-scope vulnerability types for...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 19, 2025 to May 25, 2025)

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. Last week, there were 164 vulnerabilities disclosed in 111 WordPress...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 2, 2024 to September 8, 2024)

Did you know Wordfence runs aBug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 7th, 2024, XSS vulnerabilities in all plugins and themes with =1,000 Active Installs are in scope for all researchers. In addition, through October 14th, 2024 , r esearchers...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (February 26, 2024 to March 3, 2024)

Did you know were running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! Last week, there were 121 vulnerabilities disclosed in 88 WordPress...

Vulnerability Patched in Sassy Social Share Plugin

Update: This article has been updated for accuracy: while we initially did create a rule to block this vulnerability we later found that the vulnerability was already blocked by an existing rule. Note: To receive disclosures like this in your inbox the moment they’re published, you can subscribe ...

Enhancing the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program: New Incentives & a Stronger Focus on High-Impact Research

Last year was a year of growth and refinement for the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team. In December of 2023, we launched our Bug Bounty Program, rewarding security researchers for identifying and reporting in-scope vulnerabilities to further our mission of Securing the Web while contributing to...

PSA: High Severity File Upload Vulnerability in Elementor Patched

On December 6, 2023, the Wordfence team noticed a changelog entry for version 3.18.1 of Elementor, a WordPress plugin installed on nearly 9 million sites. We did not discover the original vulnerability and only became aware of it after reviewing the changelog containing a partial patch. We...

Nested Pages Patches Post Deletion Vulnerability

On August 13, 2021, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team responsibly disclosed two vulnerabilities in Nested Pages, a WordPress plugin installed on over 80,000 sites that provides drag and drop functionality to manage your page structure and post ordering. These vulnerabilities included a...

Over 100 WordPress Repository Plugins Affected by Shortcode-based Stored Cross-Site Scripting

On August 14, 2023, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team began a research project to find Stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS via Shortcode vulnerabilities in WordPress repository plugins. This type of vulnerability enables threat actors with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject...

Russian Hacktivist Group Targets Political Websites with DDOS Attacks

A Russian hacktivist group calling itself “The People’s Cyberarmy” called on its members to target the American Democratic party website at with DDOS Distributed Denial of Service attacks this morning, November 8th, 2022, which is Election Day in the United States. A post in their Telegram channe...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (March 11, 2024 to March 17, 2024)

Did you know were running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! Last week, there were 163 vulnerabilities disclosed in 126 WordPres...

$563 Bounty Awarded for Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Patched in Yoast SEO WordPress Plugin

🎉 Did you know were running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! On April 22th, 2024, during our second Bug Bounty Extravaganza, w...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 1, 2026 to June 7, 2026)

Last week, there were 160 vulnerabilities disclosed in 143 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 97 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 19, 2024 to August 25, 2024)

Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 14th, researchers can earn up to $31,200, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us, and ...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (November 20, 2023 to November 26, 2023)

Wordfence just launched its bug bounty program. For the first 6 months, all awarded bounties receive a 10% bonus. View the announcement to learn more now! Last week, there were 115 vulnerabilities disclosed in 87 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (March 24, 2025 to March 30, 2025)

Did you know Wordfence runs aBug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability , for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us, and we...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 9, 2024 to September 15, 2024)

Did you know Wordfence runs aBug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 7th, 2024, XSS vulnerabilities in all plugins and themes with =1,000 Active Installs are in scope for all researchers. In addition, through October 14th, 2024 , r esearchers...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 28, 2025 to May 4, 2025)

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. Last week, there were 84 vulnerabilities disclosed in 68 WordPress Plugin...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 1, 2023 to May 7, 2023)

Last week, there were 58 vulnerabilities disclosed in 43 WordPress Plugins and 3 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 27 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities i...

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 ...

PSA: Supply Chain Compromise Targets ShapedPlugin, Backdoored Pro Plugins Distributed via Official Channels

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team was notified on June 11th, 2026 of a potential supply chain compromise affecting ShapedPlugin, a WordPress plugin vendor with over 400,000 active free plugin installations. Fortunately, Wordfence customers have already had malware signature detection for the...

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 5.9.2 Security Update Fixes XSS and Prototype Pollution Vulnerabilities

Last night, just after 6pm Pacific time, on Thursday March 10, 2022, the WordPress core team released WordPress version 5.9.2, which contains security patches for a high-severity vulnerability as well as two medium-severity issues. The high-severity issue affects version 5.9.0 and 5.9.1 and allow...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 27, 2025 to February 2, 2025)

Did you know Wordfence runs aBug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability , for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us, and we...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 23, 2024 to September 29, 2024)

Did you know Wordfence runs aBug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 7th, 2024, XSS vulnerabilities in all plugins and themes with =1,000 Active Installs are in scope for all researchers. In addition, through October 14th, 2024 , r esearchers...

All In One SEO Pack Vulnerabilities Impacting 3 Million Sites Patched

On January 26, 2023, the Wordfence Team responsibly disclosed two vulnerabilities in All In One SEO Pack, a WordPress plugin installed on over 3 Million sites which provides search engine optimization tools designed to help content creators optimize their sites and reach more users. Both reported...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 13, 2025 to January 19, 2025)

Did you know Wordfence runs aBug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability , for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us, and we...

2023’s Critical WordPress Vulnerabilities and How They Work

Did you know were running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through February 29th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! In 2023, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence teams primary focus...

Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Elementor

On March 29, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the disclosure process for a critical vulnerability in the Elementor plugin that allowed any authenticated user to upload arbitrary PHP code. Elementor is one of the most popular WordPress plugins and is installed on over 5 milli...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (March 31, 2025 to April 6, 2025)

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. Last week, there were 551 vulnerabilities disclosed in 485 WordPress...

How To Find XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) Vulnerabilities in WordPress Plugins and Themes

Yesterday, we announced the WordPress XSSplorer Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program. The objective of this promotion is to help beginners get started in WordPress bug bounty hunting by opening up the scope of our Bug Bounty Program. Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities reported in...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 15, 2024 to July 21, 2024)

Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us, and we handle all the rest...

Wordfence WooCommerce 2FA: Set Up This New Feature To Protect Your Customers

On February 15, we made the exciting announcement that the latest release of Wordfence, version 7.9.0, includes a new feature: WooCommerce 2FA two-factor authentication for customer level users. What does this mean for you as an e-commerce store operator? And how can you start using this feature?...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 8, 2024 to January 14, 2024)

Wordfence just launched its bug bounty program. For the first 6 months, all awarded bounties receive a 10% bonus. View the announcement to learn more now! Last week, there were 67 vulnerabilities disclosed in 60 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence...

$1,250 Bounty Awarded for Unauthenticated SQL Injection Vulnerability Patched in Email Subscribers by Icegram Express WordPress Plugin

🎉 Did you know were running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! On March 25th, 2024, during our second Bug Bounty Extravaganza, w...

Wrap Up the Year with the Biggest Scope and Rewards Yet: Join the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program End of Year Holiday Extravaganza!

The holidays are here, and so is your chance to earn big while helping secure the WordPress ecosystem! For all submissions to our Bug Bounty Program from November 12, 2024, to December 9, 2024 , we’re rolling out our End of Year Holiday Extravaganza promotion to give back to our security...

Demystifying the WordPress Vulnerability Landscape: 2023 Mid-Year Wordfence Intelligence WordPress Vulnerability Review Leveraging ChatGPT

In the first 6 months of 2023, our team has already added 2,4711 individual vulnerability records to the Wordfence Intelligence WordPress Vulnerability Database. These vulnerabilities affected 1,6802 WordPress software components. This means we have already surpassed the total number of...

5,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in JS Help Desk WordPress Plugin

📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us, and we handle all the...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 27, 2024 to June 2, 2024)

Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us, and we handle all the rest...

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...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 5, 2024 to August 11, 2024)

Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 14th, researchers can earn up to $31,200, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us, and ...

The Wordfence Affiliate Program Officially Launches Today

Today, we are officially launching the Wordfence Affiliate Program. If you love securing WordPress and are passionate about helping make the Web a safer place, click here to apply to the program now. This is an exciting opportunity for us to give back to our incredible community who have been...

Multiple Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in Three WordPress Plugins Patched

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team recently disclosed several Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities that we discovered in three different plugins - Watu Quiz installed on 5,000 sites, GN-Publisher installed on 40,000 sites, and Japanized For WooCommerce installed on 10,000 sites. As...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Mar 6, 2023 to Mar 12, 2023)

Last week, there were 60 vulnerabilities disclosed in 40 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress theme that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 16 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in...