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.
Contact Form 7 Captcha
- Plugin
- Contact Form 7 Captcha
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 0.1.2
- Severity Score
- Medium
Download Manager
- Plugin
- Download Manager
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting; Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting; Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 3.2.44
- Severity Score
- Medium
LearnPress
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 4.1.6.7
- Severity Score
- Medium
Woo Discount Rules
- Installations
- 90,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 2.4.2
- Severity Score
- Medium
Advanced Database Cleaner
- Installations
- 90,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 3.1.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
Brizy Page Builder
- Plugin
- Brizy – Page Builder
- Installations
- 90,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Element Content; Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Element URL
- Patched in Version
- 2.4.2
- Severity Score
- Medium
Accept Stripe Payments
- Plugin
- Accept Stripe Payments
- Installations
- 40,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 2.0.64
- Severity Score
- Low
Data Tables Generator by Supsystic
- Installations
- 30,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.10.20
- Severity Score
- Low
Insights from Google PageSpeed
- Installations
- 30,000+
- Vulnerability
- Multiple CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 4.0.7
- Severity Score
- Medium
miniOrange’s Google Authenticator
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 5.5.75
- Severity Score
- Medium
Jquery Validation For Contact Form 7
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Options Update via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 5.3
- Severity Score
- High
Loading Page with Loading Screen
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.0.83
- Severity Score
- Low
Simple Post Notes
- Plugin
- Simple Post Notes
- Installations
- 9,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.7.6
- Severity Score
- Low
OAuth Single Sign On
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Authentication Bypass
- Patched in Version
- 6.22.6
- Severity Score
- Critical
Page Generator Plugin
- Plugin
- Page Generator
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting; Arbitrary Keywords Deletion/Duplication via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 1.6.5
- Severity Score
- Low
CDI
- Installations
- 300+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 5.1.9
- Severity Score
- Medium
DX Share Selection
- Plugin
- DX Share Selection
- Installations
- 10+
- Vulnerability
- Stored Cross-Site Scripting via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 1.5
- Severity Score
- Medium
404s
- Plugin
- 404s
- Installations
- 10+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 3.5.1
- 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.
LinkedIn Company Updates
- Plugin
- LinkedIn Company Updates
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
Import CSV Files
- Plugin
- Import CSV Files
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Very Simple Breadcrumb
- Plugin
- Very Simple Breadcrumb
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
Free Live Chat Support
- Plugin
- Free Live Chat Support
- Vulnerability
- Stored Cross-Site Scripting via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Best Contact Management Software
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
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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