Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Everest Forms Pro Plugin

On March 30th, 2026, we publicly disclosed a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Everest Forms Pro, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 4,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged by unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server, leading to...

Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Burst Statistics Plugin

On May 13th, 2026, we publicly disclosed a critical Authentication Bypass vulnerability in Burst Statistics, a WordPress plugin with 200,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged by unauthenticated attackers, with knowledge of an administrator username, to impersonate that...

Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Patched in Kirki WordPress Plugin

On May 4th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the Kirki WordPress plugin. Although the plugin has more than 500,000 active installations, we estimate that only around 150,000 sites are using a vulnerable version, as the issue was introduce...

Wordfence Bug Bounty Program Monthly Report – March 2026

In March 2026, the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program received 1718 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...

15,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Administrator Account Creation Vulnerability in WP Maps Pro WordPress Plugin

On March 24th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Administrator Account Creation vulnerability in WP Maps Pro, a WordPress plugin with more than 15,000 sales. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new administrator accounts on the affected...

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 (May 11, 2026 to May 17, 2026)

Last week, there were 78 vulnerabilities disclosed in 62 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 i...

How a Webmail Log File Became a Root-Level Backdoor

THREAT ANALYSIS May 2026 · Forensic Case Study A forensic breakdown of how an attacker turned CyberPanel's SnappyMail logging into a persistent webshell that survived every WordPress cleanup attempt. A WordPress site owner reported redirect malware on their site. They found that clicking anywhere...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 4, 2026 to May 10, 2026)

Last week, there were 78 vulnerabilities disclosed in 62 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 i...

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...

1,000,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Read and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in Avada Builder WordPress Plugin

On March 21st, 2026, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Read and an SQL Injection vulnerability in Avada Builder, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 1,000,000 active installations. The arbitrary file read vulnerability can be used by authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 27, 2026 to May 3, 2026)

Last week, there were 87 vulnerabilities disclosed in 198 WordPress Plugins and 5 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 61 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...

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...

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...

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

Last week, there were 158 vulnerabilities disclosed in 123 WordPress Plugins and 27 WordPress Themes 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 vulnerabilitie...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 13, 2026 to April 19, 2026)

Last week, there were 139 vulnerabilities disclosed in 118 WordPress Plugins and 10 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 85 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilitie...

Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Ninja Forms – File Upload Plugin

On April 6th, 2026, we publicly disclosed a critical Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Ninja Forms – File Upload, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 50,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged by unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files, including PHP...

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 Kali Forms Plugin

On March 2nd, 2026, we received a submission through our Bug Bounty Program for a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Kali Forms, a WordPress plugin with more than 10,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to execute code on the server. T...

The Increasing Role of AI in Vulnerability Research

At Wordfence, we run a bug bounty program that pays out mid-six figures per year to researchers in bug bounties for WordPress related vulnerabilities. Funding this research helps us improve security for the WordPress community overall, and helps us secure our customers by rolling out protection f...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (March 30, 2026 to April 5, 2026)

Last week, there were 56 vulnerabilities disclosed in 50 WordPress Plugins that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 38 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to...

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...

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

On March 1st, 2026, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability in Perfmatters, a WordPress plugin with more than 200,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated threat actors to delete arbitrary files, including the wp-config.php...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (March 23, 2026 to March 29, 2026)

Last week, there were 122 vulnerabilities disclosed in 90 WordPress Plugins and 22 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 46 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities...

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,...

Wordfence Bug Bounty Program Monthly Report – February 2026

Last month in February 2026, the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program received 1078 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 Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (March 16, 2026 to March 22, 2026)

Last week, there were 266 vulnerabilities disclosed in 220 WordPress Plugins and 30 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 95 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilitie...

800,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability in Smart Slider 3 WordPress Plugin

On February 23, 2026, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Read vulnerability in Smart Slider 3, a WordPress plugin with an estimated more than 800,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an authenticated attacker, with subscriber-level permissions or higher, ...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (March 9, 2026 to March 15, 2026)

Last week, there were 116 vulnerabilities disclosed in 78 WordPress Plugins and 19 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 66 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (March 2, 2026 to March 8, 2026)

Last week, there were 199 vulnerabilities disclosed in 84 WordPress Plugins and 107 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 vulnerabilitie...

400,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Unauthenticated SQL Injection Vulnerability in Ally WordPress Plugin

On February 4th, 2026, we received a submission for an SQL Injection vulnerability in Ally, a WordPress plugin estimated to have more than 400,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged to extract sensitive data from the database, such as password hashes. Props to Drew Webber...

30,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Tutor LMS Pro WordPress Plugin

On December 30th, 2025, we received a submission for an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in Tutor LMS Pro, a WordPress plugin estimated to have more than 30,000 active installations. The vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to gain access to any account on a site...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (February 23, 2026 to March 1, 2026)

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Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (February 16, 2026 to February 22, 2026)

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Wordfence Bug Bounty Program Monthly Report – January 2026

Last month in January 2026, the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program received 897 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 Wordfenc...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (February 9, 2026 to February 15, 2026)

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Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (February 2, 2026 to February 8, 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...

800,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in WPvivid Backup WordPress Plugin

On January 12th, 2026, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in WPvivid Backup, a WordPress plugin with more than 800,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be used by unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files to a vulnerable site and achieve remo...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 26, 2026 to February 1, 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...

Quarterly WordPress Threat Intelligence Report – Q4 2025

As the leader in WordPress security, Wordfence provides unparalleled security coverage that fully encompasses protection, active monitoring, detection, and response all built around our threat intelligence, demonstrating a strong commitment to security. Our mission is to ensure comprehensive...

Important Notice: Preserving Free Access While Evolving the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability API

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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...

Wordfence Bug Bounty Program Monthly Report – December 2025

Last month in December 2025, the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program received 759 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...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 12, 2026 to January 18, 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...

20,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Backdoor Vulnerability in LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor WordPress Plugin

On January 12th, 2026, we received a submission for a Backdoor vulnerability in the LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor, a WordPress plugin with more than 20,000+ active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to create malicious administrator users...

100,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Advanced Custom Fields: Extended WordPress Plugin

On December 10th, 2025, we received a submission for a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Advanced Custom Fields: Extended, a WordPress plugin with more than 100,000+ active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to grant themselves administrative...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 5, 2026 to January 11, 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...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (December 15, 2025 to January 4, 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...

10,000 WordPress Sites Protected Against Site Reset and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Demo Importer Plus WordPress Plugin

On November 27th, 2025, we received a submission for a Site Reset and Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Demo Importer Plus, a WordPress plugin with more than 10,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged to trigger a full site reset and assign the administrator role to the...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (December 8, 2025 to December 14, 2025)

Last week, there were 246 vulnerabilities disclosed in 226 WordPress Plugins and 9 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 81 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities...