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!
WordPress Core Vulnerabilities
WordPress 6.0 “Arturo” was released on May 24, 2022. This major version release of WordPress was “built to help you unlock your creative aspirations and make your site-building experience more intuitive,” including almost 1,000 enhancements and bug fixes. See what’s new in WordPress 6.0.
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.
Header Footer Code Manager
- Installations
- 300,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.1.24
- Severity Score
- Medium
Unyson
- Plugin
- Unyson
- Installations
- 200,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 2.7.27
- Severity Score
- Medium
WordPress Popular Posts
- Plugin
- WordPress Popular Posts
- Installations
- 200,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 6.0.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Toggle Content Setting Update
- Patched in Version
- 1.7.8
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP All Import
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Arbitrary File Upload
- Patched in Version
- 3.6.8
- Severity Score
- Medium
Ivory Search
- Installations
- 80,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 5.4.7
- Severity Score
- Medium
NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster
- Installations
- 80,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 4.3.26
- Severity Score
- Medium
Booster for WooCommerce
- Plugin
- Booster for WooCommerce
- Installations
- 70,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 5.6.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP Video Lightbox
- Plugin
- WP Video Lightbox
- Installations
- 50,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting; Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.9.6
- Severity Score
- Low
Popup Anything
- Installations
- 50,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 2.1.7
- Severity Score
- Medium
Visualizer: Tables and Charts Manager for WordPress
- Installations
- 40,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ PHAR Deserialization
- Patched in Version
- 3.7.10
- Severity Score
- High
Shareaholic
- Installations
- 40,000+
- Vulnerability
- Information Disclosure
- Patched in Version
- 9.7.6
- Severity Score
- Medium
Advanced WordPress Reset
- Plugin
- Advanced WordPress Reset
- Installations
- 40,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.6
- Severity Score
- Medium
Name Directory
- Plugin
- Name Directory
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting; Arbitrary Directory/Name Deletion via CSRF; Stored Cross-Site Scripting via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 1.25.3
- Severity Score
- Medium
Exports and Reports
- Plugin
- Exports and Reports
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ CSV Injection
- Patched in Version
- 0.9.2
- 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.
SP Project & Document Manager
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Sensitive File Disclosure
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Login with phone number
- Plugin
- Login with phone number
- Installations
- 900+
- Vulnerability
- multiple Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
Request a Quote
- Plugin
- Request a Quote
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting; CSV Injection
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
Image Slider
- Plugin
- Image Slider
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Post Duplication via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
FreeMind WP Browser
- Plugin
- FreeMind WP Browser
- Vulnerability
- Stored Cross-Site Scripting via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Gallery for Social Photo
- Plugin
- Gallery for Social Photo
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Post Duplication via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Allow SVG Files
- Plugin
- Allow svg files
- Vulnerability
- Author+ Stored Cross Site Scripting via SVG
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
WordPress Popup
- Plugin
- Popups – WordPress Popup
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
Invitation Based Registrations
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
AnyMind Widget
- Plugin
- AnyMind Widget
- Vulnerability
- Stored Cross-Site Scripting via CSRF
- 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.
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