WordPress Vulnerability Report

WordPress Vulnerability Report: June 2021, Part 3

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.

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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 LowMediumHigh, 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.

In the June, Part 3 Report

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    WordPress Core Vulnerabilities

    As of today, the current version of WordPress is 5.7.2. Be sure to make sure all your websites are up to date!

    No new WordPress core vulnerabilities have been disclosed this month. Make sure you’re running WordPress 5.7.2 on all your sites.

    WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

    1. Recently

    Plugin: Recently
    Vulnerability: Authenticated Code Injection
    Patched in Version: 3.0.5
    Severity: High

    Plugin: Recently
    Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Patched in Version: 3.0.5
    Severity: Medium

    Plugin: WordPress Popular Posts
    Vulnerability: Authenticated Code Injection
    Patched in Version: 5.3.3
    Severity Score: High

    Plugin: WordPress Popular Posts
    Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Patched in Version: 5.3.3
    Severity Score: Medium

    3. WP Hardening

    Plugin: WP Hardening
    Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URI
    Patched in Version: 1.2.2
    Severity Score: Medium

    Plugin: WP Hardening
    Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via historyvalue
    Patched in Version: 1.2.2
    Severity Score: High

    4. Comments Like Dislike

    Plugin: Comments Like Dislike
    Vulnerability: Add Like/Dislike Bypass
    Patched in Version: 1.1.4
    Severity Score: Medium

    5. WP Config File Editor

    Plugin: WP Config File Editor
    Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting 
    Patched in Version: No known fix
    Severity Score: Medium

    6. Admin Columns Free & Pro

    Plugin: Admin Columns Free
    Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Patched in Version: 4.3
    Severity Score: Medium

    Plugin: Admin Columns Pro
    Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Patched in Version: 5.5.1
    Severity Score: Medium

    7. WP Google Maps

    Plugin: WP Google Maps
    Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Patched in Version: 8.1.12
    Severity Score: Medium

    8. Stripe Payment Gateway for WooCommerce

    Plugin: Stripe Payment Gateway for WooCommerce
    Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
    Patched in Version: 3.6.0
    Severity Score: High

    9. Qtranslate Slug

    Plugin: Qtranslate Slug
    Vulnerability: CSRF Bypass
    Patched in Version: No known fix 
    Severity Score: Medium

    10. Custom css-js-php

    Plugin: Custom css-js-php
    Vulnerability: CSRF Bypass
    Patched in Version: No known fix 
    Severity Score: Medium

    11. Multiple Roles

    Plugin: Multiple Roles
    Vulnerability: CSRF Bypass
    Patched in Version: No known fix 
    Severity Score: Medium

    12. Multivendor Marketplace Solution for WooCommerce

    Plugin: Multivendor Marketplace Solution for WooCommerce
    Vulnerability: CSRF Bypass
    Patched in Version: 3.74
    Severity Score: Medium

    13. JoomSport

    JoomSport Logo

    Plugin: JoomSport
    Vulnerability: Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
    Patched in Version: 5.1.8
    Severity Score: Medium

    14. Smart Slider 3

    Plugin: Smart Slider 3
    Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Patched in Version: 3.5.0.9
    Severity Score: Medium

    Plugin: Easy Cookie Policy
    Vulnerability: Broken Access Control to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Patched in Version: No known fix
    Severity Score: High

    16. Welcart e-Commerce

    Plugin: Welcart e-Commerce
    Vulnerability: Cross-Site Scripting
    Patched in Version: 2.2.4
    Severity Score: Medium

    17. WP Prayer

    Plugin: WP Prayer
    Vulnerability: Arbitrary Plugin Settings Update via CSRF
    Patched in Version: 1.6.7
    Severity Score: Medium

    WordPress Theme Vulnerabilities

    1. Jannah

    Theme: Jannah
    Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
    Patched in Version: 5.4.4
    Severity Score: High

    2. Motor theme

    Theme: Motor theme
    Vulnerability: Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
    Patched in Version: 3.1.0
    Severity Score: High

    3. Real Estate 7

    Theme: Real Estate 7
    Vulnerability: 3.1.1
    Patched in Version: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
    Severity Score: High

    A Note on Responsible Disclosure

    You might be wondering why a vulnerability would be disclosed if it gives hackers an exploit to attack. Well, it is very common for a security researcher to find and privately report the vulnerability to the software developer.

    With responsible disclosure, the researcher’s initial report is made privately to the developers of the company that owns the software, but with an agreement that the full details will be published once a patch has been made available. For significant security vulnerabilities, there may be a slight delay in disclosing the vulnerability to give more people time to patch.

    The security researcher may provide a deadline for the software developer to respond to the report or to provide a patch. If this deadline is not met, then the researcher may publicly disclose the vulnerability to put pressure on the developer to issue a patch.

    Publicly disclosing a vulnerability and seemingly introducing a Zero-Day vulnerability–a type of vulnerability that has no patch and is being exploited in the wild– may seem counterproductive. But, it is the only leverage that a researcher has to pressure the developer to patch the vulnerability.

    If a hacker were to discover the vulnerability, they could quietly use the Exploit and cause damage to the end-user(this is you), while the software developer remains content on leaving the vulnerability unpatched. Google’s Project Zero has similar guidelines when it comes to disclosing vulnerabilities. They publish the full details of the vulnerability after 90 days whether or not the vulnerability has been patched.

    Get an Email Alert When iThemes Security Pro Finds a Known Vulnerability On Your Site

    The iThemes Security Pro plugin’s Site Scanner is another way to secure and protect your WordPress website from the number one cause of all software hacks: outdated plugins and themes with known vulnerabilities.  The Site Scanner checks your site for known vulnerabilities and automatically applies a patch if one is available.

    The iThemes Security Pro plugin can email you the results of a Site Scan if it finds vulnerable plugins, themes, or WordPress core version on your site. The Site Scan results will display in the widget.

    If the Site Scan detects a vulnerability, click the vulnerability link to view the details page.

    Once you’ve enabled Site Scan Scheduling, head to the Notification Center settings of the plugin. On this screen, scroll to the Site Scan Results section.

    Click the box to enable the notification email and then click the Save Settings button.

    Now, during any scheduled site scans, you’ll get an email if iThemes Security Pro discovers any known vulnerabilities. The email will look something like this.

    site-scan-results

    Get iThemes Security Pro to Secure Your Site

    iThemes Security Pro, our WordPress security plugin, offers 50+ ways to secure and protect your website from common WordPress security vulnerabilities. With WordPress, two-factor authentication, brute force protection, strong password enforcement, and more, you can add an extra layer of security to your website.

    Get iThemes Security Pro

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