Vulnerable plugins and themes are the #1 reason WordPress websites get hacked. The weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report powered by WPScan covers recent WordPress plugin, theme, and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you run one of the vulnerable plugins or themes on your website.
Each vulnerability will have a severity rating of low, medium, high, or critical. Responsible disclosure and reporting of vulnerabilities is an integral part of keeping the WordPress community safe. Please share this post with your friends to help get the word out and make WordPress safer for everyone!
WordPress Core Vulnerabilities
WordPress 6.0.1 was released on July 12, 2022, as a short-cycle maintenance release with 31 bug fixes. Because this is a core update, be sure to update to WordPress 6.0.1 as soon as possible.
WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
In this section, the latest WordPress plugin vulnerabilities have been disclosed. Each plugin listing includes the type of vulnerability, the active installations, the version number if patched, and the severity rating.
Photo Gallery
- Installations
- 300,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.7.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
Social Slider Feed
- Plugin
- Social Slider Feed
- Installations
- 80,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS via Feeds
- Patched in Version
- 2.0.7
- Severity Score
- Low
Visual Portfolio
- Installations
- 60,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ CSS Injection; Unauthenticated CSS Injection
- Patched in Version
- 2.19.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
Directorist
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Email Address Disclosure
- Patched in Version
- 7.3.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
Multivendor Marketplace Solution for WooCommerce
- Installations
- 9,000+
- Vulnerability
- Multiple Reflected Cross-Site Scripting; Unauthenticated LFI; Unauthorised AJAX Calls
- Patched in Version
- 3.8.12
- Severity Score
- Medium
Best Payments Plugin for WP
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting; Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 4.2.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
Fast Flow
- Plugin
- Fast Flow
- Installations
- 200+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.2.12
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP Database Backup
- Plugin
- WP Database Backup
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 5.9
- Severity Score
- Low
WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities – No Known Fix
This section contains plugin vulnerabilities with no known fix. Until a patch is available, immediately uninstall and delete the plugin.
Simple Single Sign On
- Plugin
- Simple Single Sign On
- Vulnerability
- Authentication Bypass
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
WordPress Theme Vulnerabilities
In this section, the latest WordPress theme vulnerabilities have been disclosed. Each theme listing includes the type of vulnerability, the active installations, the version number if patched, and the severity rating.
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Never worry about running a vulnerable plugin or theme again.
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