Since last week, 56 total vulnerabilities emerged in public disclosure. They may affect over two million WordPress sites. There are 28 plugin vulnerabilities with security patches, so run those updates!
Additionally, there are 28 plugin vulnerabilities with no patch available yet. If you use an unpatched plugin or theme, check their vendors’ intentions and progress on a security release. Suppose no patch is forthcoming or the vulnerable software has been marked “closed” and dropped from the official WordPress theme and plugin repositories. In that case, you should consider deactivation and removal in favor of alternative solutions.
WordPress Core News
“Lionel” was released on August 8, 2023. This release of WordPress was built to help you “create beautiful and compelling websites more efficiently than ever.” See what’s new in WordPress 6.3.
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WordPress Core Vulnerabilities — Patched
WordPress core is very secure when it’s properly configured and maintained. Vulnerable plugins not updated by site owners are the most common vector for attacks on WordPress websites. Our weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report, powered by Patchstack, covers new vulnerabilities that have emerged in plugins, themes, and/or WordPress core since last week’s report. Our goal is to spread awareness of emerging security threats and help you decide what to do if you find vulnerable software on your website. For a deeper analysis of recent trends in WordPress vulnerabilities and threat vectors, see our 2022 Annual Vulnerability Report.
These reports are published every Wednesday and include all active vulnerabilities tracked by Patchstack as of Monday since the previous report. This leaves a 48-hour window for the newest emerging vulnerabilities to be patched before full public disclosure. iThemes Security Pro users have access to vulnerability alerts emerging within this window.
WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities — Patched
In this section, you’ll find the most recently disclosed WordPress plugin vulnerabilities fixed with a new release from their authors and maintainers. Please apply the updates if you are affected!
These vulnerabilities have been disclosed and scored for their severity, thanks to our friends at Patchstack. Each plugin listing includes the type of vulnerability with its CVE number and CVSS severity rating with links to more technical details. You’ll also see the number of active sites using the plugin and the plugin version release that patches the vulnerability. We start with the most popular plugins, representing the largest target for attackers.
ElementsKit Lite

- Plugin Slug
- elementskit-lite
- Installations
- 1,000,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- 2.9.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-39993
Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin

- Plugin Slug
- hide-my-wp
- Installations
- 200,000+
- Vulnerability
- Bypass Vulnerability
- Patched in Version
- 5.0.26
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-34001
Slimstat Analytics

- Plugin
- Slimstat Analytics
- Plugin Slug
- wp-slimstat
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- 5.0.6
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-33994
Slimstat Analytics

- Plugin
- Slimstat Analytics
- Plugin Slug
- wp-slimstat
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 5.0.9
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-40676
Folders

- Plugin Slug
- folders
- Installations
- 60,000+
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary File Upload
- Patched in Version
- 2.9.3
- Severity Score
- Critical
- CVE
- 2023-40204
iThemes Sync

- Plugin
- iThemes Sync
- Plugin Slug
- ithemes-sync
- Installations
- 50,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- 2.1.14
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-40001
FV Flowplayer Video Player

- Plugin Slug
- fv-wordpress-flowplayer
- Installations
- 30,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 7.5.39.7212
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2023-4520
Donation Forms by Charitable

- Plugin Slug
- charitable
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Privilege Escalation
- Patched in Version
- 1.7.0.13
- Severity Score
- Critical
- CVE
- 2023-4404
ReviewX

- Plugin Slug
- reviewx
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- 1.6.18
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-40670
URL Shortify

- Plugin Slug
- url-shortify
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 1.7.6
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2023-4294
Min Max Control

- Plugin Slug
- woo-min-max-quantity-step-control-single
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 4.6
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2023-4270
Category Slider for WooCommerce

- Plugin Slug
- woo-category-slider-grid
- Installations
- 9,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- 1.4.16
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-41132
Herd Effects

- Plugin Slug
- mwp-herd-effect
- Installations
- 5,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- 5.2.4
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-4318
Order Tracking Pro

- Plugin Slug
- order-tracking
- Installations
- 4,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 3.3.7
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-4500
Order Tracking Pro

- Plugin Slug
- order-tracking
- Installations
- 4,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 3.3.7
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2023-4471
DoLogin Security
- Plugin
- DoLogin Security
- Plugin Slug
- dologin
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Bypass Vulnerability
- Patched in Version
- 3.7
- Severity Score
- Medium
WooCommerce PDF Invoice Builder

- Plugin Slug
- woo-pdf-invoice-builder
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- 1.2.92
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-4245
WooCommerce PDF Invoice Builder

- Plugin Slug
- woo-pdf-invoice-builder
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 1.2.91
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-4160
WP Adminify

- Plugin Slug
- adminify
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 3.1.6
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-4060
Premmerce User Roles

- Plugin
- Premmerce User Roles
- Plugin Slug
- premmerce-user-roles
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- 1.0.13
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2023-41130
Save as PDF plugin by Pdfcrowd
- Plugin Slug
- save-as-pdf-by-pdfcrowd
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 2.16.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-40668
Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner

- Plugin Slug
- event-tickets-with-ticket-scanner
- Installations
- 600+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 1.5.5
- Severity Score
- Medium
Push Notification for Post and BuddyPress
- Plugin Slug
- push-notification-for-post-and-buddypress
- Installations
- 200+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- 1.64
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP VK-??????

- Plugin Slug
- wp-vk
- Installations
- 100+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.4
- Severity Score
- Medium
Save as Image plugin by Pdfcrowd
- Plugin Slug
- save-as-image-by-pdfcrowd
- Installations
- 30+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 2.16.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-40665
Appointment booking addon for Gravity Forms
- Plugin
- gAppointments
- Plugin Slug
- gAppointments
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 1.10.0
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2023-2705
Jupiter X Core
- Plugin
- JupiterX Core
- Plugin Slug
- jupiterx-core
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary File Upload
- Patched in Version
- 3.3.8
- Severity Score
- Critical
- CVE
- 2023-38388
Jupiter X Core
- Plugin
- JupiterX Core
- Plugin Slug
- jupiterx-core
- Vulnerability
- Privilege Escalation
- Patched in Version
- 3.4.3
- Severity Score
- Critical
- CVE
- 2023-38389
WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities — Unpatched
This section contains plugin vulnerabilities with no known fix. Until a patch is available, you are advised to deactivate the plugin, at minimum, immediately. If there is a high risk of active exploits or the plugin remains unpatched for weeks, you are advised to delete the plugin. You should also delete persistently unpatched plugins the WordPress.org repository has locked and marked “Closed” so they can no longer be downloaded and installed.
Royal Elementor Addons

- Plugin Slug
- royal-elementor-addons
- Installations
- 200,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-47175
Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid

- Plugin Slug
- post-and-page-builder
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-25480
Collapse-O-Matic

- Plugin
- Collapse-O-Matic
- Plugin Slug
- jquery-collapse-o-matic
- Installations
- 60,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-40669
Master Elementor Addons

- Plugin Slug
- master-addons
- Installations
- 40,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-40679
Ultimate Addons for Contact Form 7

- Plugin Slug
- ultimate-addons-for-contact-form-7
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2023-30493
URL Shortener by MyThemeShop

- Plugin Slug
- mts-url-shortener
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2023-30472
Landing Page Builder

- Plugin Slug
- page-builder-add
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-40675
WP Super Minify

- Plugin
- WP Super Minify
- Plugin Slug
- wp-super-minify
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-27615
Easy Coming Soon

- Plugin
- Easy Coming Soon
- Plugin Slug
- easy-coming-soon
- Installations
- 7,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-25483
LuckyWP Scripts Control

- Plugin
- LuckyWP Scripts Control
- Plugin Slug
- luckywp-scripts-control
- Installations
- 6,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-29239
Social Share Boost
- Plugin
- Social Share Boost
- Plugin Slug
- social-share-boost
- Installations
- 6,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-25033
MakeStories (for Google Web Stories)

- Plugin Slug
- makestories-helper
- Installations
- 5,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-27448
Simple URLs

- Plugin Slug
- simple-urls
- Installations
- 5,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-40678
Simple URLs

- Plugin Slug
- simple-urls
- Installations
- 5,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-40674
Simple URLs

- Plugin Slug
- simple-urls
- Installations
- 5,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2023-40667
Vertical Marquee Plugin

- Plugin
- Vertical marquee plugin
- Plugin Slug
- vertical-marquee-plugin
- Installations
- 4,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-40677
WP users media
- Plugin
- WP Users Media
- Plugin Slug
- wp-users-media
- Installations
- 4,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-27428
WP Search Analytics

- Plugin
- WP Search Analytics
- Plugin Slug
- search-analytics
- Installations
- 2,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2023-30471
Sitekit

- Plugin
- Sitekit
- Plugin Slug
- sitekit
- Installations
- 2,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-27628
Olive One Click Demo Import

- Plugin Slug
- olive-one-click-demo-import
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary File Upload
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Critical
- CVE
- 2023-29102
Secure Admin IP

- Plugin
- Secure Admin IP
- Plugin Slug
- secure-admin-ip
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-41133
Cartpauj Register Captcha
- Plugin
- Cartpauj Register Captcha
- Plugin Slug
- cartpauj-register-captcha
- Vulnerability
- Bypass Vulnerability
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-40673
DX-auto-save-images
- Plugin
- DX-auto-save-images
- Plugin Slug
- dx-auto-save-images
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-40671
FTP Access
- Plugin
- FTP Access
- Plugin Slug
- ftp-access
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-3510
GuruWalk Affiliates
- Plugin
- GuruWalk Affiliates
- Plugin Slug
- guruwalk-affiliates
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-27622
Lock User Account
- Plugin
- Lock User Account
- Plugin Slug
- lock-user-account
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-4307
Maintenance Switch
- Plugin
- Maintenance Switch
- Plugin Slug
- maintenance-switch
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-29235
Sticky Social Media Icons
- Plugin
- Sticky Social Media Icons
- Plugin Slug
- sticky-social-media-icons
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2023-40672
WordPress Theme Vulnerabilities
In this section, you’ll find the latest WordPress theme vulnerabilities to be disclosed. You’ll see the same information we provided above for vulnerable plugins, and the same advice applies. If a security update exists, install it immediately. If a vulnerability remains unpatched in a theme you are actively using, you must find an alternative theme. Deactivate and delete persistently unpatched themes and those marked “Closed” in the WordPress.org theme repository. If you have a vulnerable theme installed that you are not actively using, delete it.
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Dan Knauss is StellarWP’s Technical Content Generalist. He’s been a writer, teacher, and freelancer working in open source since the late 1990s and with WordPress since 2004.