WordPress Vulnerability Report – May 18, 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

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.

WP Statistics

Plugin

WP Statistics

Installations

600,000+

Vulnerability

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

13.2.2

Severity Score

Low

Photo Gallery

Plugin

Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery

Installations

300,000+

Vulnerability

Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

1.6.4

Severity Score

Low

FiboSearch

Plugin

FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce

Installations

100,000+

Vulnerability

Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

1.18.0

Severity Score

Low

Database Backup for WordPress

Plugin

Database Backup for WordPress

Installations

100,000+

Vulnerability

Arbitrary Schedule Settings Update via CSRF

Patched in Version

2.5.2

Severity Score

Medium

Throws SPAM Away

Plugin

Throws SPAM Away

Installations

20,000+

Vulnerability

Comment Deletion via CSRF

Patched in Version

3.3.1

Severity Score

Medium

WP Simple Adsense Insertion

Plugin

WP Simple Adsense Insertion

Installations

9,000+

Vulnerability

Inject ads and javascript via CSRF

Patched in Version

2.1

Severity Score

Medium

Video Slider – Slider Carousel

Plugin

Video Slider – Slider Carousel

Installations

7,000+

Vulnerability

Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

1.4.8

Severity Score

Low

FormCraft Basic

Plugin

FormCraft – Contact Form Builder for WordPress

Installations

5,000+

Vulnerability

Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting

Patched in Version

1.2.6

Severity Score

Low

User Meta

Plugin

User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin

Installations

3,000+

Vulnerability

Subscriber+ Local File Enumeration via Path Traversal

Patched in Version

2.4.4

Severity Score

Low

WPify Woo Czech

Plugin

WPify Woo Czech

Installations

3,000+

Vulnerability

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Patched in Version

3.5.7

Severity Score

Medium

WordPress Forms by Pie Forms

Plugin

Drag & Drop Builder, Human Face Detector, Pre-built Templates, Spam Protection, User Email Notifications & more!

Installations

100+

Vulnerability

Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

1.4.9.4

Severity Score

Low

Files Download Delay

Plugin

Files Download Delay

Installations

10+

Vulnerability

Subscriber+ Settings Reset

Patched in Version

1.0.7

Severity Score

Medium

WooCommerce Green Wallet Gateway

Plugin

WooCommerce Green Wallet Gateway

Vulnerability

Reflected Cross Site Scripting in checkout page

Patched in Version

1.0.2

Severity Score

Medium

WPQA

Plugin

WPQA Builder

Vulnerability

Unauthenticated Private Message Disclosure; Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

5.5

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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