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!

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WordPress Core News
WordPress 6.1.1 was released on November 15, 2022, as a short-cycle maintenance release with 29 bug fixes in Core and 21 bug fixes for the block editor. Because this is a core update, be sure to update to WordPress 6.1.1 as soon as possible! As always, with a major release like this, it makes sense to ensure your site is backed up with BackupBuddy before updating.
WP
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Blind SSRF via DNS Rebinding
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-3590
This vulnerability was reported by Thomas Chauchefoin, and at this time, it affects all versions of WordPress. However, probable exploitation of this vulnerability is very low, and to fully protect yourself, all you’ll need to do is turn off XML-RPC or pingbacks on your WordPress site.
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, the severity rating, and the CVE.
White Label CMS

- Plugin
- White Label CMS
- Plugin Slug
- white-label-cms
- Installations
- 200,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ PHP Object Injection
- Patched in Version
- 2.5
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-4302
iubenda

- Plugin Slug
- iubenda-cookie-law-solution
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Privileges Escalation to Admin
- Patched in Version
- 3.3.3
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-3911
Custom Field Template

- Plugin
- Custom Field Template
- Plugin Slug
- custom-field-template
- Installations
- 50,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ PHP Object Injection
- Patched in Version
- 2.5.8
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-4324
Team Members

- Plugin
- Team Members
- Plugin Slug
- team-members
- Installations
- 40,000+
- Vulnerability
- Editor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 5.2.1
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-3936
WP Custom Admin Interface

- Plugin Slug
- wp-custom-admin-interface
- Installations
- 30,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ PHP Object Injection
- Patched in Version
- 7.29
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-4043
Image Hover Effects Ultimate

- Plugin Slug
- image-hover-effects-ultimate
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 9.8.5
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-4207
WP-Ban

All-in-One Addons for Elementor – WidgetKit

- Plugin Slug
- widgetkit-for-elementor
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 2.4.4
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-4256
Authenticator
- Plugin
- Authenticator
- Plugin Slug
- authenticator
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Denial of Service via Feed Token Disclosure
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-3994
BookingPress

- Plugin Slug
- bookingpress-appointment-booking
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated IDOR in appointment_id
- Patched in Version
- 1.0.31
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4340
WP Smart Import

- Plugin Slug
- wp-smart-import
- Installations
- 2,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Ste Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.0.3
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-40209
Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN

- Plugin Slug
- sirv
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 6.8.1
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-4119
WordPress Filter Gallery Plugin

- Plugin Slug
- filter-gallery
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 0.1.6
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-4142
WP-Lister Lite for Amazon

- Plugin Slug
- wp-lister-for-amazon
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected XSS
- Patched in Version
- 2.4.4
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4369
Joy Of Text Lite
- Plugin Slug
- joy-of-text
- Installations
- 900+
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated SQLi
- Patched in Version
- 2.3.1
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4099
Build App Online

- Plugin
- Build App Online
- Plugin Slug
- build-app-online
- Installations
- 900+
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated SQL Injection
- Patched in Version
- 1.0.19
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-3241
Wholesale Market

- Plugin
- Wholesale Market
- Plugin Slug
- wholesale-market
- Installations
- 600+
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download
- Patched in Version
- 2.2.1
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4298
Visual Email Designer for WooCommerce

- Plugin Slug
- email-customizer-woocommerce
- Installations
- 100+
- Vulnerability
- Multiple Author+ SQLi
- Patched in Version
- 1.7.2
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-3860
Login with Cognito

- Plugin
- Login with Cognito
- Plugin Slug
- login-with-cognito
- Installations
- 60+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.4.9
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-4200
YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards
- Plugin
- YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards
- Plugin Slug
- yith-woocommerce-gift-cards-premium
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
- Patched in Version
- 3.20.0
- Severity Score
- Critical
- CVE
- 2022-45359
WP Cerber
- Plugin Slug
- wp-cerber
- Vulnerability
- User Enumeration Bypass via Rest API
- Patched in Version
- 9.3.3
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-4417
WPQA
- Plugin
- WPQA Builder
- Plugin Slug
- wpqa
- Vulnerability
- Missing validation lead to functionality abuse
- Patched in Version
- 5.9.3
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-3343
Wholesale Market for WooCommerce
- Plugin
- Wholesale Market for WooCommerce
- Plugin Slug
- wholesale-market-for-woocommerce
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Arbitrary Log Download
- Patched in Version
- 2.0.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-4109
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.
WP User
- Plugin Slug
- wp-user
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated SQLi
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4049
Quote-O-Matic
- Plugin
- Quote-O-Matic
- Plugin Slug
- quote-o-matic
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ SQLi
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-4373
Qe SEO Handyman
- Plugin
- Qe SEO Handyman
- Plugin Slug
- qe-seo-handyman
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ SQLi
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-4351
WP AutoComplete Search
- Plugin
- WP AutoComplete Search
- Plugin Slug
- wp-autosearch
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated SQLi
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4297
Product list Widget for Woocommerce
- Plugin Slug
- gm-woo-product-list-widget
- Vulnerability
- Reflected XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4329
Web Invoice
- Plugin Slug
- web-invoice
- Vulnerability
- Authenticated SQLi; Authenticated SQLi
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4372
Cryptocurrency Widgets Pack
- Plugin Slug
- cryptocurrency-widgets-pack
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated SQLi
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4059
LetsRecover
- Plugin Slug
- letsrecover-woocommerce-abandoned-cart
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ SQLi; Unauthenticated SQLi
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-4355
WP Social Sharing
- Plugin
- WP Social Sharing
- Plugin Slug
- wp-social-sharing
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-4198
Multimedial Images
- Plugin
- multimedial images
- Plugin Slug
- multimedial-images
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ SQLi
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-4370
WP RSS By Publishers
- Plugin
- WP RSS By Publishers
- Plugin Slug
- wp-rss-by-publishers
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ SQLi
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-4358
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, the severity rating, and the CVE.
Superio – Job Board
- Theme
- Superio
- Theme Slug
- superio
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.2.33
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-4114
WPQA – Himer
- Theme
- Himer
- Theme Slug
- himer
- Vulnerability
- Missing validation lead to functionality abuse
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-3343
WPQA – Discy
- Theme
- Discy
- Theme Slug
- discy
- Vulnerability
- Missing validation lead to functionality abuse
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-3343
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