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Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 28, 2024 to November 3, 2024)
Calling all superheroes and haunters! Introducing the Cybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through November 11th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with = 1,000 active installations are...
Announcing The Wordfence Audit Log: Off-Site Real-Time Security Event Logging for WordPress
Today the Wordfence team is proud to announce an exciting new feature: The Wordfence Audit Log, included in the Wordfence 8.0 release. The audit log captures and stores security-related events on your website as they happen, and sends them securely to an off-site location to protect them from...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 21, 2024 to October 27, 2024)
Calling all superheroes and haunters! Introducing the Cybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through November 11th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with = 1,000 active installations are...
10,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in AI Power: Complete AI Pack WordPress Plugin
🦸 👻 Calling all superheroes and haunters! Introducing theCybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through November 11th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with = 1,000 active installations...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 14, 2024 to October 20, 2024)
Calling all superheroes and haunters! Introducing the Cybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through November 11th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with = 1,000 active installations are...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 7, 2024 to October 13, 2024)
Calling all superheroes and haunters! Introducing the Cybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through November 11th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with = 1,000 active installations are...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 30, 2024 to October 6, 2024)
Calling all superheroes and haunters! Introducing the Cybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through November 11th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with = 1,000 active installations are...
Get Spooked By Huge Scope and Rewards in the Wordfence Bug Bounty Cybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt!
Calling all vulnerability researchers! Get ready to immerse yourselves in the world of WordPress security with the Wordfence Cybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt , running from now through November 11th, 2024! What's Happening During This Cybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt? In celebration o...
7,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Unauthenticated Critical Vulnerabilities in LatePoint WordPress Plugin
🦸 👻 Calling all superheroes and haunters! Introducing theCybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through November 11th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with = 1,000 active installations...
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...
8,000 WordPress Sites affected by Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in WP Hotel Booking 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...
A (Beta) Audio Roundup of September’s WordPress Vulnerabilities
For those of you that want to stay abreast of the newest vulnerabilities in the WP ecosystem, but like to multitask, here's an audio roundup of the vulnerabilities we published in the month of September. This is something new I'm trying. The conversation is AI generated by Google's NotebookLM...
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...
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...
20,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in WCFM – WooCommerce Frontend Manager 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...
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...
GPU Hosting and Open Source AI Will Revolutionize or Kill WordPress
On the eve of WordCamp US 2024 we find ourselves in the midst of a revolution. It is perhaps the most profoundly transformative technology revolution our species has experienced in our short history in this Universe. In fundamental terms, since computers have existed we have been programming them...
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...
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...
Critical Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability in MP3 Audio Player WordPress Plugin Affects Over 20,000 Sites
📢 Did you know Wordfence runs aBug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin 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 esearcher...
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 (August 26, 2024 to September 1, 2024)
Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin 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, researchers c...
20,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Bit File Manager WordPress Plugin
📢 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...
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...
6,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Unauthenticated Critical Vulnerability in WP Job Portal WordPress Plugin
📢 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...
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 ...
1,000,000 WordPress Sites Protected Against Unique Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in WPML WordPress Plugin
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 (August 12, 2024 to August 18, 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 ...
Over 5,000,000 Site Owners Affected by Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Patched in LiteSpeed Cache Plugin
📢 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...
$4,998 Bounty Awarded and 100,000 WordPress Sites Protected Against Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Patched in GiveWP WordPress Plugin
📢 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...
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...
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 ...
Earn Up to $31,200 Per Vulnerability: Introducing the WordPress Bug Bounty Superhero Challenge!
Today, we’re incredibly excited to launch a new challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program: the WordPress Superhero Challenge! Through October 14th, we’re introducing a new active installation count range for our bounties for plugins and themes with 5,000,000+ active installations and we are...
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 (July 29, 2024 to August 4, 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 Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 22, 2024 to July 28, 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...
Over 8,000 Exploit Attempts Already Blocked For Recently Patched Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in 简数采集器 (Keydatas) WordPress Plugin
On June 18th, 2024, during the 0-day Threat Hunt Promo of our Bug Bounty Program, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in 简数采集器 Keydatas, a WordPress plugin with more than 5,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for...
Empowering WordPress Bug Bounty Hunters: Meet the New Wordfence Bug Bounty Program Researcher Dashboard
Today, we are very excited to announce the launch of our brand-new researcher dashboard for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! One frequent request we received from our researchers was to have a way to manage and track all their vulnerability submissions in a single location, and we’re delivering...
The Aftermath of the WordPress.org Supply Chain Attack: New Malware and Techniques Emerge
On Monday June 24th, 2024 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team was made aware of the presence of malware in the Social Warfare repository plugin. After adding the malicious code to our Threat Intelligence Database and examining it, we discovered additional affected plugins and continued...
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...
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...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 8, 2024 to July 14, 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 Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 1, 2024 to July 7, 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...
7,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in ProfileGrid 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...
$3,094 Bounty Awarded and 150,000 WordPress Sites Protected Against Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability Patched in Modern Events Calendar 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 (June 24, 2024 to June 30, 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...
WordPress Security Research: A Beginner’s Series
Learn How To Find WordPress Vulnerabilities Step-by-Step Welcome to the inaugural post of our WordPress Security Research Beginners Series! With the success of the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program, we wanted to provide emerging vulnerability researchers, and experienced Bug Bounty Hunters, with a...
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...
3 More Plugins Infected in WordPress.org Supply Chain Attack Due to Compromised Developer Passwords
Update 1: As of 12:36PM EST, another plugin has been infected. Weve updated the list below to include this fourth plugin and the plugins team has been notified. Update 2: As of 2:20 PM EST, two more plugins appear to have malicious commits, however, the releases have not officially been made...
An Inside Look at The Malware and Techniques Used in the WordPress.org Supply Chain Attack
On Monday June 24th, 2024 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team was made aware of the presence of malware in the Social Warfare repository plugin see post Supply Chain Attack on WordPress.org Plugins Leads to 5 Maliciously Compromised WordPress Plugins. After adding the malicious code to our...