WordPress Vulnerability Report – May 4, 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.

All-in-One WP Migration

Plugin

All-in-One WP Migration

Installations

4,000,000+

Vulnerability

Admin+ File Deletion on Windows Hosts via Path Traversal

Patched in Version

7.59

Severity Score

Medium

Ultimate Member

Plugin

Ultimate Member – User Profile, User Registration, Login & Membership Plugin

Installations

200,000+

Vulnerability

Open Redirect

Patched in Version

2.3.2

Severity Score

Medium

Breeze

Plugin

Breeze – WordPress Cache Plugin

Installations

200,000+

Vulnerability

Subscriber+ Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored XSS

Patched in Version

2.0.3

Severity Score

High

Check & Log email

Plugin

Check & Log Email

Installations

100,000+

Vulnerability

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

1.0.6

Severity Score

Medium

Google XML Sitemap Generator

Plugin

XML Sitemap Generator for Google

Installations

80,000+

Vulnerability

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

2.0.4

Severity Score

Medium

Booking Calendar

Plugin

Booking Calendar

Installations

60,000+

Vulnerability

PHP Object Injection

Patched in Version

9.1.1

Severity Score

High

Sliderby10Web

Plugin

Sliderby10Web

Installations

40,000+

Vulnerability

Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

1.2.52

Severity Score

Low

Tabs Responsive

Plugin

Tabs

Installations

30,000+

Vulnerability

Editor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

2.2.8

Severity Score

Low

Subscribe To Comments Reloaded

Plugin

Subscribe To Comments Reloaded

Installations

20,000+

Vulnerability

Multiple CSRF

Patched in Version

220502

Severity Score

Medium

WP Meta SEO

Plugin

WP Meta SEO

Installations

20,000+

Vulnerability

Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting via breadcrumbs

Patched in Version

4.4.7

Severity Score

Low

Tripetto

Plugin

WordPress form builder plugin for contact forms, surveys and quizzes – Tripetto

Installations

2,000+

Vulnerability

Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

5.2.0

Severity Score

Medium

Nirweb support

Plugin

Nirweb support

Installations

900+

Vulnerability

Unauthenticated SQLi

Patched in Version

2.8.2

Severity Score

High

RSVPMaker

Plugin

RSVPMaker

Installations

600+

Vulnerability

Unauthenticated SQLi

Patched in Version

9.2.7

Severity Score

High

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.

WP Subscribe

Plugin

WP Subscribe

Installations

20,000+

Vulnerability

Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Patched in Version

No Fix

Severity Score

Low

Vertical scroll recent post

Plugin

Vertical scroll recent post

Installations

2,000+

Vulnerability

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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.

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