WordPress Vulnerability Report – December 14, 2022

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.

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

iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + more

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

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

Image Hover Effects Ultimate (Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison or Magnifier)

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

Plugin

WP-Ban

Plugin Slug

wp-ban

Installations

10,000+

Vulnerability

Admin+ Stored XSS

Patched in Version

1.69.1

Severity Score

Low

CVE

2022-4260

All-in-One Addons for Elementor – WidgetKit

Plugin

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

BookingPress – Appointments Booking Calendar Plugin and Online Scheduling Plugin

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

WP Smart Import : Import any XML File to WordPress

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

Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv

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

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

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

Joy Of Text Lite – SMS messaging for WordPress.

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

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

WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan

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.

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.

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