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!
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WordPress Core Vulnerabilities
WordPress 6.0.2 was released on August 30, 2022. This security and maintenance release features 12 bug fixes on Core, 5 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 3 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately.
WordPress Core Dropping Support for WordPress Versions 3.7. – 4.0
In more WordPress core security news, the WordPress Security Team will no longer provide security updates for WordPress core versions 3.7 – 4.0. Please make sure all your WordPress sites are running the latest version.
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 by WPForms
- Installations
- 5,000,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Arbitrary File Access
- Patched in Version
- 1.7.5.5
- Severity Score
- Medium
Sucuri Security
- Installations
- 800,000+
- Vulnerability
- Event log Entry Creation via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 1.8.34
- Severity Score
- Medium
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider
- Installations
- 700,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 3.27.9
- Severity Score
- Low
Enable Media Replace
- Plugin
- Enable Media Replace
- Installations
- 600,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Path Traversal
- Patched in Version
- 4.0.0
- Severity Score
- Low
reSmush.it Image Optimizer
- Installations
- 200,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 0.4.6
- Severity Score
- Low
Download Monitor
- Plugin
- Download Monitor
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Arbitrary File Download
- Patched in Version
- 4.5.98
- Severity Score
- Medium
Booster for WooCommerce
- Plugin
- Booster for WooCommerce
- Installations
- 70,000+
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Order Status Update
- Patched in Version
- 5.6.3
- Severity Score
- Medium
SearchWP Live Ajax Search
- Installations
- 60,000+
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
- Patched in Version
- 1.6.3
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP 2FA
- Installations
- 30,000+
- Vulnerability
- Time-Based Side-Channel Attack
- Patched in Version
- 2.3.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
Top Bar
- Plugin
- Top Bar
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 3.0.4
- Severity Score
- Low
Import all XML, CSV & TXT into WordPress
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ SQLi; Missing Authorisation
- Patched in Version
- 6.5.8
- Severity Score
- Medium
Advanced Comment Form
- Plugin
- Advanced Comment Form
- Installations
- 6,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Authenticated Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.2.1
- Severity Score
- Low
Simple File List
- Plugin
- Simple File List
- Installations
- 5,000+
- Vulnerability
- Page Creation via CSRF; Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 4.4.13
- Severity Score
- Medium
Social Rocket
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.3
- Severity Score
- Low
We’re Open!
- Plugin
- We’re Open!
- Installations
- 2,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.42
- Severity Score
- Low
Multiple Plugins from Viszt Peter – Woo Billingo Plus
- Plugin
- Woo Billingo Plus
- Installations
- 500+
- Vulnerability
- Multiple CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 4.4.5.4
- Severity Score
- Medium
TaskBuilder
- Installations
- 100+
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Stored XSS via SVG file upload
- Patched in Version
- 1.0.8
- Severity Score
- Medium
Multiple Plugins from Viszt Peter – Integration for Szamlazz.hu & Gravity Forms
- Installations
- 40+
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Stored XSS via SVG file upload
- Patched in Version
- 1.2.7
- Severity Score
- Medium
Multiple Plugins from Viszt Peter – Integration for Billingo & Gravity Forms
- Installations
- 10+
- Vulnerability
- Multiple CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 1.0.4
- Severity Score
- Medium
Booster for WooCommerce
- Plugin
- Booster Plus for WooCommerce
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Order Status Update
- Patched in Version
- 5.6.1
- 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.
Disable User Login
- Plugin
- Disable User Login
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Settings Update
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Memberpress Downloads
- Plugin
- Memberpress Downloads
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Upload
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Critical
Cryptocurrency Pricing list and Ticker
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Search Logger
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ SQLi
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
WPGateway
- Plugin
- WPGateway
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Critical
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.
Soledad
- Theme
- soledad
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 8.2.5
- Severity Score
- Medium
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