Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 19, 2026 to January 25, 2026)

Did you know Wordfence runs aBug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin 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...

90,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Upload and Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities in Jupiter X Core WordPress Plugin

📢 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 esearche...

10,000 WordPress Sites Affected by High Severity Vulnerabilities in BookingPress WordPress Plugin

On July 2nd, 2024, during the 0-day Threat Hunt Promo of our Bug Bounty Program, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Read to Arbitrary File Creation vulnerability in BookingPress, a WordPress plugin with over 10,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for...

Developer Accounts Compromised Due to Credential Reuse in WordPress.org Supply Chain Attack

On June 24th, 2024, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team became aware of a WordPress plugin, Social Warfare, that was infected with malware through the WordPress repository. Upon further investigation, our team quickly identified 4 additional affected plugins through our internal Threat...

$1,900 Bounty Awarded for Arbitrary Options Update Vulnerability Patched in Cookie Information | Free GDPR Consent Solution WordPress Plugin

On December 11th, 2023, during our Holiday Bug Extravaganza, we received a submission for an Arbitrary Options Update vulnerability in Cookie Information | Free GDPR Consent Solution, a WordPress plugin with more than 100,000+ active installations. This vulnerability could be used by authenticate...

Wordfence CLI 2.1.0 Adds Email Capability and Unattended Configuration

Note: This post refers to Wordfence CLI, the command line tool for operations teams to rapidly scan large numbers of WordPress websites for vulnerabilities and malware, not the Wordfence plugin which is deeply integrated into WordPress and provides additional functionality, like a firewall,...

PSA: Critical POP Chain Allowing Remote Code Execution Patched in WordPress 6.4.2

WordPress 6.4.2 was released today, on December 6, 2023. It includes a patch for a POP chain introduced in version 6.4 that, combined with a separate Object Injection vulnerability, could result in a Critical-Severity vulnerability allowing attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code on the site. We...

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...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (December 1, 2025 to December 7, 2025)

Last week, there were 190 vulnerabilities disclosed in 173 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 59 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities...

100,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Upload, Read and Deletion Vulnerability in Everest Forms WordPress Plugin

📢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...

Over 40,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Patched in Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks Plugin

📢 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 esearche...

Announcing Vulnerability Scanning in Wordfence CLI 2.0.1 “Voodoo Child”

Note: If youre a WordPress user, we recommend the Wordfence Security Plugin which provides a robust and complete set of security controls for WordPress websites. If you host WordPress servers and need high performance malware and vulnerability scanning on the command line, read on! Our mission at...

Wordfence Intelligence: Because Community Created Vulnerabilities Are Community Property

Last August, at Black Hat 2022 in Las Vegas, we launched Wordfence Intelligence, a product designed to provide large enterprise customers with rich IP threat data, malware signatures, malware hashes, and vulnerability data to help keep enterprise customers and networks secure. Our mission at...

Eleven Vulnerabilities Patched in Royal Elementor Addons

On December 23, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for a set of 11 vulnerabilities in Royal Elementor Addons, a WordPress plugin with over 100,000 installations. The plugin developers responded on December 26, and we sent over the full...

Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability Patched in Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin

On June 24, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability we discovered in Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart, a WordPress plugin installed on over 30,000 sites. This vulnerability made it possible for attackers...

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...

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...

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

Last week, there were 311 vulnerabilities disclosed in 254 WordPress Plugins and 8 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 167 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilitie...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (November 10, 2025 to November 16, 2025)

Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters! The LFInder Challenge:Refine your LFI hunting skills with an expanded scope. Now through November 24, 2025, all LFI vulnerabilities in software with at least 25 active installs are considered in-scope for all researchers, regardless of...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 27, 2025 to November 2, 2025)

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...

15,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in MasterStudy LMS Pro WordPress Plugin

📢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. On May 15th, 2025, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload...

WordPress Security Research Series: WordPress Request Architecture and Hooks

Welcome to Part 1 of the WordPress Security Research Beginner Series! If you haven’t had a chance, please review the series introduction blog post for more details on the goal of this series and what to expect. Before diving into the security features of WordPress, its critical to understand the...

40,000 WordPress Sites affected by Vulnerability That Leads to Privilege Escalation in Login/Signup Popup 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...

Record Breaking $153,000+ Already Invested into the Security of the WordPress Ecosystem by Wordfence – More to Come!

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! In just a few short months since our launch in November of last yea...

GoDaddy Breach Widens to tsoHost, Media Temple, 123Reg, Domain Factory, Heart Internet, and Host Europe

Yesterday GoDaddy disclosed a massive data breach impacting over 1.2 Million customers. Today, we received confirmation from GoDaddy that multiple brands that resell GoDaddy Managed WordPress were impacted. The brands impacted include: tsoHost Media Temple 123Reg Domain Factory Heart Internet Hos...

100,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in AI Engine 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...

Creative SVG File Upload to Local File Inclusion Vulnerability Affecting 90,000 Sites Patched in Jupiter X Core WordPress Plugin

📢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...

Up to 30X Faster PHP Malware Scans with Wordfence CLI 4.0.1

Most of our customers scan a single site or a small number of sites for PHP malware using the Wordfence Plugin, and they coordinate scanning across multiple sites with Wordfence Central. If you are responsible for securing a large hosting provider network as part of an operations or security team...

$197 Bounty Awarded for Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion Vulnerability Patched in LeadConnector 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 February 8th, 2024, during our Bug Bounty Extravaganza, we...

Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Patched in WP-Members Membership Plugin – $500 Bounty Awarded

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 February 21st, 2024, during our second Bug Bounty Extravaganza, ...

Spring into Action! Earn up to $10,000 with our Extended Bug Bounty Program Extravaganza through Memorial Day!

Spring into action and kick-start your spring cleaning with a tech twist! Were excited to announce the extension of our Bug Bounty Extravaganza through Memorial Day, May 27th, 2024. Now, you have a golden opportunity to earn up to $10,000 for reporting vulnerabilities in WordPress software over t...

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...

PSA: Critical Vulnerability Patched in Ninja Forms WordPress Plugin

On June 16, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team noticed a back-ported security update in Ninja Forms, a WordPress plugin with over one million active installations. As with all security updates in WordPress plugins and themes, our team analyzed the plugin to determine the exploitability...

200,000 WordPress Sites at Risk from Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Burst Statistics Plugin

On May 8, 2026, PRISM, Wordfence Threat Intelligence’s autonomous vulnerability research platform, discovered a critical Authentication Bypass vulnerability in Burst Statistics, a WordPress plugin with more than 200,000 active installations. The vulnerability was introduced in the code on April 2...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 11, 2025 to August 17, 2025)

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...

WordPress Security Research Series: Setting Up Your Research Lab

Welcome to Part 3 of the WordPress Security Research Beginner Series! If you haven’t yet, take a minute to check out the series introduction to get a sense of what this series is all about. You’ll also want to catch up on Part 1, where we dig into WordPress request architecture and hooks, and Par...

100,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Administrative User Creation Vulnerability in SureTriggers WordPress Plugin

📢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...

10,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Read and Delete Vulnerability in InPost PL and InPost for WooCommerce WordPress Plugins

📢 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, an...

$493 Bounty Awarded for Arbitrary Options Update Vulnerability Patched in WP Datepicker 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 14th, 2024, during our Bug Extravaganza, we received a...

$601 Bounty Awarded for Interesting Cross-Site Request Forgery to Local JS File Inclusion Vulnerability Patched in File Manager 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 February 15th, 2024, during our second Bug Bounty Extravaganza...

SQL Injection Vulnerability Patched in RSS Aggregator by Feedzy 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 February 29th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! On February 1st, 2024, during our second Bug Bounty...

Website Takeover Campaign Takes Advantage of Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Popup Builder Plugin

On December 11, 2023, we added an Unauthenticated Stored XSS vulnerability in the Popup Builder WordPress plugin to our Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database. This vulnerability, which was originally reported by WPScan, allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary JavaScript tha...

Wordfence Reviews and Where to Find Them

Just a quick note. If youre looking for objective Wordfence reviews, you can find them on the official WordPress plugin repository in the Wordfence reviews section which is linked to from the Wordfence entry in the official WordPress repository. The Wordfence plugin is available in the repository...

Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Patched in Newsletter WordPress Plugin

On August 16, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for a stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability in the Newsletter plugin, which is actively installed on more than 300,000 WordPress websites. The vulnerability enables threat...

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...

Entering a Higher State of Vigilance – Ukraine Under Attack

It appears that Russia has just commenced the invasion of Ukraine. Check your preferred international news outlet, but according to the Ukrainian foreign minister "Putin has just launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine." Ukrainian airspace is closed with flights diverting. The Twitter Safety...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 29, 2026 to July 5, 2026)

Last week, there were 289 vulnerabilities disclosed in 205 WordPress Plugins and 41 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 130 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabiliti...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 18, 2026 to May 24, 2026)

Last week, there were 101 vulnerabilities disclosed in 88 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress Theme that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 69 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities i...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (November 3, 2025 to November 9, 2025)

Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters! The LFInder Challenge:Refine your LFI hunting skills with an expanded scope. Now through November 24, 2025, all LFI vulnerabilities in software with at least 25 active installs are considered in-scope for all researchers, regardless of...

9,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Upload and Deletion Vulnerabilities in WP User Frontend Pro WordPress Plugin

📢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. On March 24th, 2025, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Uplo...