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

- Installations
- 300,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.6.4
- Severity Score
- Low
FiboSearch

- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.18.0
- Severity Score
- Low
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

- Installations
- 9,000+
- Vulnerability
- Inject ads and javascript via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 2.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
Video Slider – Slider Carousel

- Installations
- 7,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.4.8
- Severity Score
- Low
FormCraft Basic

- Installations
- 5,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.2.6
- Severity Score
- Low
User Meta

- 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

- 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

- 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.
Donations
- Plugin
- Donations
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Quotes llama
- Plugin
- Quotes llama
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
Easy FAQ with Expanding Text
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
WP Fundraising Donation and Crowdfunding Platform
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated SQLi
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
LiveSync for WordPress
- Plugin
- LiveSync for WordPress
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP Born Babies
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Five Minute Webshop
- Plugin
- Five Minute Webshop
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ SQLi via orderby
- 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.
Discy
- Theme
- Discy
- Vulnerability
- Restore Default Settings via CSRF; Settings Update via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 5.2
- Severity Score
- Medium
Ask Me
- Theme
- Ask me
- Vulnerability
- Multiple CSRF in AJAX Actions; Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 6.8.2
- Severity Score
- High
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