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.
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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.
Table of Contents Plus

- Plugin
- Table of Contents Plus
- Plugin Slug
- table-of-contents-plus
- Installations
- 300,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 2212
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4479
Download Manager

- Plugin
- Download Manager
- Plugin Slug
- download-manager
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 3.2.62
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4476
Smash Balloon Social Post Feed

- Plugin Slug
- custom-facebook-feed
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 4.1.6
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4477
Mesmerize Companion
- Plugin
- Mesmerize Companion
- Plugin Slug
- mesmerize-companion
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.6.135
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4481
Starter Templates by Kadence WP

- Plugin Slug
- kadence-starter-templates
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ PHP Object Injection
- Patched in Version
- 1.2.17
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-3679
Slimstat Analytics

- Plugin
- Slimstat Analytics
- Plugin Slug
- wp-slimstat
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 4.9.3
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4310
WPtouch

Royal Elementor Addons

- Plugin Slug
- royal-elementor-addons
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Creation; Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Deletion
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.56
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-4103
Permalink Manager Lite

- Plugin
- Permalink Manager Lite
- Plugin Slug
- permalink-manager
- Installations
- 70,000+
- Vulnerability
- Authenticated Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 2.3.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-4410
WOOCS

- Plugin Slug
- woocommerce-currency-switcher
- Installations
- 70,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.9.4
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4431
WP Recipe Maker

- Plugin
- WP Recipe Maker
- Plugin Slug
- wp-recipe-maker
- Installations
- 50,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 8.6.1
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4468
Metricool

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
Jetpack CRM

- Plugin Slug
- zero-bs-crm
- Installations
- 30,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 5.5
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4497
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
Multi Step Form

- Plugin
- Multi Step Form
- Plugin Slug
- multi-step-form
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.7.8
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-4196
ActiveCampaign for WooCommerce
- Plugin Slug
- activecampaign-for-woocommerce
- Installations
- 8,000+
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Error Log Cleanup
- Patched in Version
- 1.9.8
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-3923
Vision Interactive For WordPress

- Plugin Slug
- vision
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.5.4
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4391
Sunshine Photo Cart

- Plugin
- Sunshine Photo Cart
- Plugin Slug
- sunshine-photo-cart
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected XSS
- Patched in Version
- 2.9.15
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4301
Post Status Notifier Lite

- Plugin Slug
- post-status-notifier-lite
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.10.1
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4325
WordPress Events Calendar Plugin

- Plugin Slug
- connect-daily-web-calendar
- Installations
- 200+
- Vulnerability
- Multiple Reflected XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.4.5
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4320
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
Mautic Integration For WooCommerce
- Plugin
- Mautic Integration for WooCommerce
- Plugin Slug
- mautic-integration-for-woocommerce
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Options Update via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 1.0.3
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4426
iPages Flipbook For WordPress
- Plugin Slug
- ipages-flipbook
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.4.7
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-4394
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.
Mega Addons For WPBakery Page Builder

- Plugin Slug
- mega-addons-for-visual-composer
- Installations
- 60,000+
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Settings Update
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
- CVE
- 2022-4501
iPanorama 360 WordPress Virtual Tour Builder

- Plugin Slug
- ipanorama-360-virtual-tour-builder-lite
- Installations
- 7,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4392
ImageLinks Interactive Image Builder for WordPress

- Plugin Slug
- imagelinks-interactive-image-builder-lite
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4393
WP CSV
WP Table Reloaded
- Plugin
- WP-Table Reloaded
- Plugin Slug
- wp-table-reloaded
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4491
Bg Bible References
- Plugin
- Bg Bible References
- Plugin Slug
- bg-biblie-references
- Vulnerability
- Reflected XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
- CVE
- 2022-4374
404 to Start
- Plugin
- 404 to Start
- Plugin Slug
- 404-to-start
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-3855
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.
WPQA
- Theme
- Himer
- Theme Slug
- himer
- Vulnerability
- Missing validation lead to functionality abuse
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
- CVE
- 2022-3343
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