WordPress Vulnerability Report – July 27, 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.
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 Vulnerabilities
WordPress 6.0.1 was released on July 12, 2022, as a short-cycle maintenance release with 31 bug fixes. Because this is a core update, be sure to update to WordPress 6.0.1 as soon as possible.
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, and the severity rating.
WP-DBManager
- Plugin:
- WP-DBManager
- Installations:
- 90,000+
- Vulnerability:
- Admin+ Remote Command Execution
- Patched in Version:
- 2.80.8
- Severity Score:
- Medium
SearchWP Live Ajax Search
- Plugin:
- SearchWP Live Ajax Search
- Installations:
- 60,000+
- Vulnerability:
- Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Title Disclosure
- Patched in Version:
- 1.6.2
- Severity Score:
- Medium
Simple Banner
- Plugin:
- Simple Banner
- Installations:
- 50,000+
- Vulnerability:
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version:
- 2.12.0
- Severity Score:
- Low
WP-UserOnline
- Plugin:
- WP-UserOnline
- Installations:
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability:
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version:
- 2.88.0
- Severity Score:
- Low
Flipbox
- Installations:
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability:
- Authenticated Arbitrary Options Update
- Patched in Version:
- 2.6.1
- Severity Score:
- High
Digital Publications by Supsystic
- Installations:
- 2,000+
- Vulnerability:
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version:
- 1.7.4
- Severity Score:
- Low
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.
Testimonials
- Plugin:
- Testimonials
- Vulnerability:
- Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version:
- No Fix
- Severity Score:
- Medium
E Unlocked – Student Result
- Vulnerability:
- Arbitrary File Upload via CSRF
- Patched in Version:
- No Fix
- Severity Score:
- High
Easy Student Results
- Plugin:
- Easy Student Results
- Vulnerability:
- Sensitive Information Disclosure via REST API; Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version:
- No Fix
- Severity Score:
- Low
Stockists Manager for Woocommerce
- Vulnerability:
- Stored Cross-Site Scripting via CSRF
- Patched in Version:
- No Fix
- Severity Score:
- Medium
VR Calendar
- Plugin:
- VR Calendar
- Vulnerability:
- Unauthenticated Arbitrary Function Call
- Patched in Version:
- No Fix
- Severity Score:
- High
Homepage Product Organizer for WooCommerce
- Vulnerability:
- Subscriber+ SQLi
- Patched in Version:
- No Fix
- Severity Score:
- High
Duplicate Page and Post Plugin
- Plugin:
- Duplicate Page and Post
- Vulnerability:
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version:
- No Fix
- Severity Score:
- Low
Transposh WordPress Translation
- Vulnerability:
- Unauthenticated Settings Change; Usernames Disclosure
- Patched in Version:
- No Fix
- Severity Score:
- Medium
Elementor Contact Form DB
- Plugin:
- Elementor Contact Form DB
- Vulnerability:
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version:
- No Fix
- Severity Score:
- Medium
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, and the severity rating.
GREYD.SUITE
- Theme:
- GREYD.SUITE
- Vulnerability:
- Unauthenticated File Upload to RCE
- Patched in Version:
- 1.2.7
- Severity Score:
- Critical
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