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.
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WordPress News: Gravatar Data Leak
This week Gravatar, a global service for unique avatars, was breached – although Gravatar assures there was no hack.
The data was scraped, which is not a breach because passwords and other private information weren’t taken. Instead, publicly available information was gathered in a way that is not normally easy to obtain. Theoretically, someone would have to know the username of the Gravatar user in order to access the email address of that user. The scraping allowed the attacker to download the usernames and the emails at the same time.
WordPress Core Vulnerabilities
The latest version of WordPress core is 5.8.2. As a best practice, always be sure to run the latest version of WordPress core!
WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
In this section, the latest WordPress plugin vulnerabilities have been disclosed. Each plugin listing includes the type of vulnerability, the version number if patched, and the severity rating.
1. Events Manager
Plugin: Events Manager
Vulnerability: Admin+ SQL Injection
Patched in Version: 5.9.8
Severity Score: Medium
Plugin: Events Manager
Vulnerability: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Patched in Version: 5.9.8
Severity Score: Low
2. Rich Reviews by Starfish
Plugin: Rich Reviews by Starfish
Vulnerability: Admin+ SQL Injection
Patched in Version: 1.9.6
Severity Score: Medium
3. Typebot
Plugin: Typebot
Vulnerability: Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 1.4.3
Severity Score: Low
4. Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder
Plugin: Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder
Vulnerability: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 1.6.4
Severity Score: High
5. Download Manager
Plugin: Download Manager
Vulnerability: Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 3.2.22
Severity Score: High
6. WP RSS Aggregator
Plugin: Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerability: Admin+ SQL Injection
Patched in Version: 4.19.3
Severity Score: High
7. Buttonizer – Smart Floating Action Button
Plugin: Buttonizer – Smart Floating Action Button
Vulnerability: Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 2.5.5
Severity Score: Low
8. WP Mail Logging
Plugin: WP Mail Logging
Vulnerability: Outdated Redux Framework
Patched in Version: 1.10.0
Severity Score: Medium
9. Stetic
Plugin: Stetic
Vulnerability: CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: No known fix – plugin closed
Severity Score: High
10. Contact Form With Captcha
Plugin: Contact Form With Captcha
Vulnerability: CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: No known fix – plugin closed
Severity Score: High
11. Awesome Support
Plugin: Awesome Support
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 6.0.7
Severity Score: High
12. Asgaros Forums
Plugin: Asgaros Forums
Vulnerability: Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 1.15.14
Severity Score: Low
13. LiteSpeed Cache
Plugin: LiteSpeed Cache
Vulnerability: IP Check Bypass to Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Patched in Version: 4.4.4
Severity Score: High
Plugin: LiteSpeed Cache
Vulnerability: Admin+ Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 4.4.4
Severity Score: High
14. Video Conferencing with Zoom
Plugin: Video Conferencing with Zoom
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 3.8.16
Severity Score: High
15. Booster for Woocommerce
Plugin: Booster for Woocommerce
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in PDF Invoicing Module
Patched in Version: 5.4.9
Severity Score: High
Plugin: Booster for Woocommerce
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in General Module
Patched in Version: 5.4.9
Severity Score: High
Plugin: Booster for Woocommerce
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Product XML Feeds Module
Patched in Version: 5.4.9
Severity Score: High
16. Speed Booster Pack
Plugin: Speed Booster Pack
Vulnerability: Admin+ SQL Injection
Patched in Version: 4.3.3.1
Severity Score: Medium
17. OMGF
Plugin: OMGF
Vulnerability: Admin+ Arbitrary Folder Deletion via Path Traversal
Patched in Version: 4.5.12
Severity Score: Medium
18. CAOS
Plugin: CAOS
Vulnerability: Admin+ Arbitrary Folder Deletion via Path Traversal
Patched in Version: 4.1.9
Severity Score: Medium
19. WP Travel Engine
Plugin: WP Travel Engine
Vulnerability: Editor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 5.3.1
Severity Score: Low
20. Download Monitor
Plugin: Download Monitor
Vulnerability: Admin+ SQL Injection
Patched in Version: 4.4.5
Severity Score: Medium
21. Mortgage Calculator / Loan Calculator
Plugin: Mortgage Calculator / Loan Calculator
Vulnerability: Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 1.5.17
Severity Score: Medium
22. Variation Swatches for WooCommerce
Plugin: Variation Swatches for WooCommerce
Vulnerability: Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 2.1.2
Severity Score: High
23. ClickBank Affiliate Ads
Plugin: ClickBank Affiliate Ads
Vulnerability: CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: No known fix – plugin closed
Severity Score: High
Plugin: ClickBank Affiliate Ads
Vulnerability: Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: No known fix – plugin closed
Severity Score: Low
24. Advanced Custom Fields
Plugin: Advanced Custom Fields
Vulnerability: Subscriber+ Arbitrary ACF Data/Field Groups View and Fields Move
Patched in Version: 5.11
Severity Score: Medium
25. Canto
Plugin: Canto
Vulnerability: Unauthenticated Blind SSRF
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Medium
26. All-In-One-Gallery
Plugin: All-In-One-Gallery
Vulnerability: Admin+ Local File Inclusion
Patched in Version: 2.5.0
Severity Score: Low
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