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.
Autoptimize
- Plugin
- Autoptimize
- Installations
- 1,000,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 3.1.1
- Severity Score
- Low
Broken Link Checker
- Plugin
- Broken Link Checker
- Installations
- 700,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ PHAR Deserialization
- Patched in Version
- 1.11.17
- Severity Score
- Medium
Post SMTP
- Installations
- 300,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 2.1.4
- Severity Score
- Low
WPvivid Backup
- Installations
- 200,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ PHAR Deserialization
- Patched in Version
- 0.9.75
- Severity Score
- Medium
Titan Anti-spam & Security
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Protection Bypass due to IP Spoofing
- Patched in Version
- 7.3.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
Download Manager
- Plugin
- Download Manager
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ PHAR Deserialization
- Patched in Version
- 3.2.50
- Severity Score
- High
Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA
- Installations
- 90,000+
- Vulnerability
- IP Check Bypass
- Patched in Version
- 1.7
- Severity Score
- Low
WP STAGING
- Installations
- 60,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 2.9.18
- Severity Score
- Low
Tutor LMS
- Installations
- 50,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 2.0.9
- Severity Score
- Medium
Ajax Load More
- Installations
- 50,000+
- Vulnerability
- PHAR Deserialization via CSRF; Admin+ Arbitrary File Read
- Patched in Version
- 5.5.4
- Severity Score
- High
WP-UserOnline
- Plugin
- WP-UserOnline
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 2.88.1
- Severity Score
- Low
All-in-One Video Gallery
- Plugin
- All-in-One Video Gallery
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download & SSRF
- Patched in Version
- 2.6.1
- Severity Score
- High
WP Server Health Stats
- Plugin
- WP Server Health Stats
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.7.0
- Severity Score
- Low
Affiliates Manager
- Plugin
- Affiliates Manager
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting; Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting; Arbitrary Affiliates & Creatives Deletion via CSRF; Affiliate CSV Injection
- Patched in Version
- 2.9.14
- Severity Score
- Medium
Classima
- Installations
- 6,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 2.2.14
- Severity Score
- Medium
WBW Currency Switcher for WooCommerce
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.6.6
- Severity Score
- Low
Mobile Events Manager
- Plugin
- Mobile Events Manager
- Installations
- 20+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ CSV Injection
- Patched in Version
- 1.4.8
- 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.
Calendar Event Multi View
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Arbitrary Event Deletion; Unauthenticated Arbitrary Event Creation to Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Craw Data
- Plugin
- Craw Data
- Vulnerability
- Server Side Request Forgery
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP Hotel Booking
- Plugin
- WP Hotel Booking
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Arbitrary Settings Update
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
WP Taxonomy Import
- Plugin
- WP Taxonomy Import
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
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.
Classima
- Theme
- Classima
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 2.1.11
- Severity Score
- Medium
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