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WordPress 6.3.2 Security Release – What You Need to Know
WordPress Core 6.3.2 was released today, on October 12, 2023. It includes a number of security fixes and additional hardening against commonly exploited vulnerabilities. While all of the vulnerabilities are of Medium severity, several of them are impactful enough to potentially allow site takeove...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 2, 2023 to October 8, 2023)
Last week, there were 92 vulnerabilities disclosed in 88 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 37 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...
Backdoor Masquerading as Legitimate Plugin
As part of our product lineup, we offer security monitoring and malware removal services to our Wordfence Care and Response customers. In the event of a security incident, our incident response team will investigate the root cause, find and remove malware from your site, and help with other...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 25, 2023 to October 1, 2023)
Last week, there were 90 vulnerabilities disclosed in 68 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes 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 ...
Know your Malware – A Beginner’s Guide to Encoding Techniques Used to Obfuscate Malware
With the launch of Wordfence CLI, our high performance security scanner that can detect the vast majority of PHP malware targeting WordPress, Wordfence continues to emphasize the importance of malware detection and remediation. Malware targeting WordPress uses a variety of obfuscation techniques ...
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 ...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 11, 2023 to September 17, 2023)
Last week, there were 55 vulnerabilities disclosed in 46 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 15 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...
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...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 4, 2023 to September 10, 2023)
Last week, there were 107 vulnerabilities disclosed in 89 WordPress Plugins and 5 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 36 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...
Malware Scanning: An Essential Layer of Website Security
Wordfence recently launched Wordfence CLI, a high performance command line malware scanner, which makes use of our extensive set of malware detection signatures to rapidly scan file systems for infections. In recent years, the WordPress community has seen a shift in emphasis towards prevention,...
Over 100,000 WordPress Websites Affected by XSS and SQLi Vulnerabilities in Slimstat Analytics Plugin
On August 24, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for a stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS and a Blind SQL Injection vulnerability in the Slimstat Analytics plugin, which is actively installed on more than 100,000 WordPress websites. T...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 28, 2023 to September 3, 2023)
Last week, there were 64 vulnerabilities disclosed in 61 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 32 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities i...
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...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 21, 2023 to August 27, 2023)
Last week, there were 43 vulnerabilities disclosed in 38 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 23 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...
Introducing Free Wordfence Intelligence WordPress Vulnerability Webhook Notifications!
We’re incredibly excited to announce that we have launched a webhook integration for vulnerabilities as part of Wordfence Intelligence, which enables users to stay on top of the latest vulnerabilities being added to the Wordfence Intelligence WordPress Vulnerability database, all completely for...
Introducing Wordfence CLI: A High Performance Malware Scanner Built for the Command Line
Today, we are incredibly excited to announce the launch of Wordfence CLI: an open source, high performance malware scanner built for the command-line. With Wordfence CLI you can detect malware and other indicators of compromise on a host system by running an extremely fast scanner that is at home...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 14, 2023 to August 20, 2023)
Last week, there were 64 vulnerabilities disclosed in 67 WordPress Plugins and 10 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 37 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...
Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Charitable WordPress Plugin Affects Over 10,000 sites
On August 10, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the Donation Forms by Charitable plugin, which is actively installed on more than 10,000 WordPress websites. This vulnerability makes it...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 7, 2023 to August 13, 2023)
Last week, there were 86 vulnerabilities disclosed in 68 WordPress Plugins and 3 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 36 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities i...
Threat Actors Using Obfuscation in Attempt to Evade Detection
As part of our product lineup, we offer security monitoring and malware removal services to our Wordfence Care and Response customers. In the event of a security incident, our incident response team will investigate the root cause, find and remove malware from your site, and help with other...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 31, 2023 to August 6, 2023)
Last week, there were 29 vulnerabilities disclosed in 24 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 18 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...
weDevs Addresses Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in WP Project Manager WordPress Plugin
On July 9, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in weDevs’s WP Project Manager plugin, which is actively installed on more than 10,000 WordPress websites. This vulnerability makes it possible...
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...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 24, 2023 to July 30, 2023)
Last week, there were 64 vulnerabilities disclosed in 66 WordPress Plugins and 3 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 32 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities i...
WebToffee Addresses Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce WordPress Plugin
On June 8, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in WebToffee’s Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce plugin, which is actively installed on more than 10,000 WordPress websites. This...
PSA: Wordfence Brand Being Actively Used in Phishing Campaigns
Earlier this week we became aware that malicious actors are using Wordfence brand image to run a phishing scam on WordPress and Wordfence users, posing as unknown login notifications from their own website while linking to a fake login page, clearly aiming to steal WordPress login credentials. If...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 17, 2023 to July 23, 2023)
Last week, there were 62 vulnerabilities disclosed in 1035 WordPress Plugins and 90 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 36 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilitie...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 10, 2023 to July 16, 2023)
Note: We accidentally sent out an email for this report with last weeks subject line. Due to the subject line not being very different week to week for this report, we opted to just leave it as is and not send a follow-up email. We apologize for this error on our part! Last week, there were 69...
“Never Assume Anything” – Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Exposed in 14 Email Logging Plugins
“Never Assume Anything” – that is the 4th Guiding Principle written in the Security section of the WordPress Common APIs Handbook for developers. When it comes to WordPress plugin security, assumptions can be dangerous. This became evident when the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered an...
Massive Targeted Exploit Campaign Against WooCommerce Payments Underway
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team has been monitoring an ongoing exploit campaign targeting a recently disclosed vulnerability in WooCommerce Payments, a plugin installed on over 600,000 sites. Large-scale attacks against the vulnerability, assigned CVE-2023-28121, began on Thursday, July 14...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 3, 2023 to July 9, 2023)
Last week, there were 61 vulnerabilities disclosed in 54 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 28 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities i...
Interesting Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability Patched in User Registration WordPress Plugin
On June 19, 2023, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in WPEverest’s User Registration plugin, which is actively installed on more than 60,000 WordPress websites. This vulnerability makes it...
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...
Open-Source Projects Use the Wordfence Vulnerability Data Feed API and You Can Too!
Prior to joining the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, I spent several years as a vulnerability analyst, responsible for collecting, analyzing, and curating every publicly disclosed vulnerability. This meant collecting vulnerability information from almost a hundred different, disparate sources...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 26, 2023 to July 2, 2023)
Last week, there were 66 vulnerabilities disclosed in 56 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 34 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities i...
PSA: Unpatched Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Ultimate Member Plugin Being Actively Exploited
Today, on June 29, 2023, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team became aware of an unpatched privilege escalation vulnerability being actively exploited in Ultimate Member, a WordPress plugin installed on over 200,000 sites, through our vulnerability changelog monitoring we do to ensure the...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 19, 2023 to June 25, 2023)
Last week, there were 84 vulnerabilities disclosed in 76 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 42 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities i...
miniOrange Addresses Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in WordPress Social Login and Register WordPress Plugin
On May 28, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in miniOrange’s WordPress Social Login and Register plugin, which is actively installed on more than 30,000 WordPress websites. The...
Arbitrary User Password Change Vulnerability in LearnDash LMS WordPress Plugin
On June 5, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified, and began the responsible disclosure process, for an Arbitrary User Password Change vulnerability in LearnDash LMS plugin, a WordPress plugin that is actively installed on more than 100,000 WordPress websites according to our...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 12, 2023 to June 18, 2023)
Last week, there were 60 vulnerabilities disclosed in 52 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 25 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...
Wordfence 7.10.0 Released!
Wordfence remains the number one security plugin of choice for website owners serious about protecting their investment and their customers. Our Threat Intelligence team and engineering team stay abreast of the newest threats and ensure that Wordfence is able to protect against them. But keeping ...
StylemixThemes Addresses Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in BookIt WordPress Plugin
On May 22, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in StylemixThemes’s BookIt plugin, which is actively installed on more than 10,000 WordPress websites. The vulnerability makes it possible for...
Tyche Softwares Addresses Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce WordPress Plugin
On May 29, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in Tyche Softwares’s Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin, which is actively installed on more than 30,000 WordPress websites. This...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 5, 2023 to June 11, 2023)
Last week, there were 45 vulnerabilities disclosed in 30 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 17 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 29, 2023 to June 4, 2023)
Last week, there were 116 vulnerabilities disclosed in 88 WordPress Plugins and 3 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 35 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...
Critical Security Update: Directorist WordPress Plugin Patches Two High-risk Vulnerabilities
Alongside our usual work to discover, report, and remediate vulnerabilities in the WordPress ecosystem, the WordPress Threat Intelligence team has been conducting a deep-dive into WordPress plugin code with the objective of finding methods to bypass authentication and gain elevated privileges in...
Credential-Stealing Server Side Request Forgery Patched in Getwid
On April 6, 2023, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for two vulnerabilities in Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks, a plugin installed on over 50,000 WordPress sites. The plugin’s developers responded immediately, and we sent over the full disclosure the sa...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 22, 2023 to May 28, 2023)
Last week, there were 90 vulnerabilities disclosed in 77 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 29 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities ...
WPDeveloper Addresses Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in ReviewX WordPress Plugin
On May 20, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in WPDeveloper’s ReviewX plugin, which is actively installed on more than 10,000 WordPress websites. This vulnerability makes it possible for an...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 15, 2023 to May 21, 2023)
Last week, there were 82 vulnerabilities disclosed in 59 WordPress Plugins and 11 WordPress themes, along with 6 in WordPress Core, that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 26 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last...