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
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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.
Google XML Sitemaps
- Plugin
- XML Sitemaps
- Installations
- 1,000,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 4.1.3
- Severity Score
- Low
Ocean Extra
- Plugin
- Ocean Extra
- Installations
- 800,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.9.5
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP Statistic
- Plugin
- WP Statistics
- Installations
- 600,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 13.2.2
- Severity Score
- Low
Newsletter
- Installations
- 400,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 7.4.6
- Severity Score
- Low
underConstruction
- Plugin
- underConstruction
- Installations
- 80,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting; Construction Mode Deactivation via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 1.21
- Severity Score
- Low
Print, PDF, Email by PrintFriendly
- Installations
- 40,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 5.2.3
- Severity Score
- Low
Better Find and Replace
- Plugin
- Better Find and Replace
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ SQLi
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.6
- Severity Score
- Medium
Very Simple Contact Form
- Plugin
- Very Simple Contact Form
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Captcha bypass
- Patched in Version
- 11.6
- Severity Score
- Medium
Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 4.2
- Severity Score
- Low
Coming Soon and Maintenance by Colorlib
- Installations
- 9,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.0.99
- Severity Score
- Low
Seamless Donations
- Installations
- 8,000+
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 5.1.9
- Severity Score
- Medium
Mail Subscribe List
- Plugin
- Mail Subscribe List
- Installations
- 7,000+
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Subscribed User Deletion via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 2.1.4
- Severity Score
- Medium
Events Made Easy
- Plugin
- Events Made Easy
- Installations
- 6,000+
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated SQLi
- Patched in Version
- 2.2.81
- Severity Score
- High
WP-Email
- Plugin
- WP-EMail
- Installations
- 5,000+
- Vulnerability
- Log Deletion via CSRF; Anti-Spam Protection Bypass via IP Spoofing
- Patched in Version
- 2.69.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
Plausible Analytics
- Plugin
- Plausible Analytics
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Arbitrary Settings Update
- Patched in Version
- 1.2.4
- Severity Score
- Medium
Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.5.0
- Severity Score
- Low
WP Zillow Review Slider
- Plugin
- WP Zillow Review Slider
- Installations
- 700+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 2.4
- Severity Score
- Low
Allow SVG Files
- Plugin
- Allow svg files
- Installations
- 70+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Arbitrary File Upload
- Patched in Version
- 1.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
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.
Rating by BestWebSoft
- Plugin
- Rating by BestWebSoft
- Installations
- 300+
- Vulnerability
- Rating Denial of Service
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Inline Google Maps
- Plugin
- Inline Google Maps
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored XSS via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
CaPa Protect
- Plugin
- CaPa Protect
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
WPlite
- Plugin
- WPlite
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Multi-page Toolkit
- Plugin
- Multi-page Toolkit
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored XSS via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Amazon Einzeltitellinks
- Plugin
- Amazon Einzeltitellinks
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored XSS via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
PDF24 Article To PDF
- Plugin
- PDF24 Article To PDF
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Cross-Linker
- Plugin
- Cross-Linker
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Cross-Link Creation 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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