WordPress Vulnerability Report – May 11, 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. 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 5.9.3 was released on April 5, 2022, as a short-cycle maintenance release with 19 bug fixes. Because this is a core update, be sure to update to WordPress 5.9.3 as soon as possible.

WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Smush

Plugin

Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images

Installations

1,000,000+

Vulnerability

Admin+ Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

3.9.9

Severity Score

Low

Form Maker By 10Web

Plugin

Form Maker by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder

Installations

80,000+

Vulnerability

Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

1.14.12

Severity Score

Low

Change wp-admin Login

Plugin

Change wp-admin login

Installations

70,000+

Vulnerability

Unauthenticated Arbitrary Settings Update

Patched in Version

1.1.0

Severity Score

Medium

External Links in New Window / New Tab

Plugin

External Links in New Window / New Tab

Installations

40,000+

Vulnerability

Tabnabbing; Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

1.43

Severity Score

Medium

Team Members

Plugin

Team Members

Installations

40,000+

Vulnerability

Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

5.1.1

Severity Score

Low

Bulk Page Creator

Plugin

Bulk Page Creator

Installations

30,000+

Vulnerability

Arbitrary Page Creation via CSRF

Patched in Version

1.1.4

Severity Score

Medium

JivoChat

Plugin

JivoChat Live Chat – WP live chat plugin for WordPress

Installations

30,000+

Vulnerability

Stored Cross-Site Scripting via CSRF

Patched in Version

1.3.5.4

Severity Score

Medium

WP 2FA

Plugin

WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress

Installations

20,000+

Vulnerability

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

2.2.1

Severity Score

Medium

VikBooking

Plugin

VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS

Installations

3,000+

Vulnerability

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

1.5.9

Severity Score

Medium

User Meta

Plugin

User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin

Installations

3,000+

Vulnerability

Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

2.4.3

Severity Score

Low

Poll Maker

Plugin

Poll Maker

Installations

3,000+

Vulnerability

Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

4.0.2

Severity Score

Low

Content Mask

Plugin

Content Mask

Installations

1,000+

Vulnerability

Subscriber+ Arbitrary Options Update

Patched in Version

1.8.4.1

Severity Score

High

Enable SVG

Plugin

Enable SVG

Installations

500+

Vulnerability

Author+ Stored Cross Site Scripting via SVG

Patched in Version

1.4.0

Severity Score

Medium

StaffList

Plugin

StaffList

Installations

200+

Vulnerability

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

3.1.7

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.

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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