Last week, there were 497 vulnerabilities disclosed in 327 WordPress Plugins and 23 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 218 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to ensure your site is not affected.
Our mission with Wordfence Intelligence is to make valuable vulnerability information easily accessible to everyone, like the WordPress community, so individuals and organizations alike can utilize that data to implement layered security, aligning with our overarching mission to secure WordPress with defense in depth strategies. That is why the Wordfence Intelligence user interface, vulnerability API, and webhook integration are all completely free to access and utilize both personally and commercially, and why we are running this weekly vulnerability report. As the world’s leading quality vulnerability database provider for WordPress, site owners can rest assured knowing Wordfence has their back.
Enterprises, Hosting Providers, and even Individuals can utilize the vulnerability Database API to receive a complete dump of our database of over 40,000 vulnerabilities and then utilize the webhook integration to stay on top of the newest vulnerabilities added in real-time, as well as any updates made to the database, all for free.
Click here to sign-up for our mailing list to receive weekly vulnerability reports like this and important WordPress Security reports in your inbox the moment they are published.
New Firewall Rules Deployed Last Week
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team reviews each vulnerability to determine impact and severity, along with assessing the likelihood of exploitation, to verify that the Wordfence Firewall provides sufficient protection.
The team rolled out enhanced protection via firewall rules for the following vulnerabilities in real-time to our Premium, Care, and Response customers last week:
-
- WAF-RULE-966 – Data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.
- WAF-RULE-967 – Data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.
- PHP Object Injection in Comments
Wordfence Premium, Care, and Response customers received this protection immediately, while users still running the free version of Wordfence will receive this enhanced protection after a 30 day delay.
Total Unpatched & Patched Vulnerabilities Last Week
| Patch Status | Number of Vulnerabilities |
|---|---|
| Patched | 428 |
| Unpatched | 69 |
Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week
| Severity Rating | Number of Vulnerabilities |
|---|---|
| Low Severity | 6 |
| Medium Severity | 315 |
| High Severity | 153 |
| Critical Severity | 23 |
Total Vulnerabilities by CWE Type Last Week
| Vulnerability Type by CWE | Number of Vulnerabilities |
|---|---|
| Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | 159 |
| Missing Authorization | 116 |
| Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') | 34 |
| Deserialization of Untrusted Data | 33 |
| Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor | 31 |
| Improper Privilege Management | 22 |
| Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key | 20 |
| Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') | 15 |
| Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type | 11 |
| Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') | 10 |
| Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity | 8 |
| Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | 7 |
| Improper Authentication | 6 |
| Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') | 5 |
| Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security | 4 |
| Incorrect Authorization | 3 |
| Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) | 3 |
| Improper Input Validation | 2 |
| URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') | 2 |
| Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') | 1 |
| Embedded Malicious Code | 1 |
| Improper Access Control | 1 |
| Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') | 1 |
| Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') | 1 |
| Use of Insufficiently Random Values | 1 |
Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week
| Researcher Name | Number of Vulnerabilities |
|---|---|
| 40 | |
| 19 | |
| 16 | |
| 15 | |
| 13 | |
| 11 | |
| 10 | |
| 10 | |
| 9 | |
| 8 | |
| 8 | |
| 8 | |
| 7 | |
| 7 | |
| 7 | |
| 6 | |
| 6 | |
| 6 | |
| 6 | |
| 6 | |
| 5 | |
| 5 | |
| 5 | |
| 4 | |
| 4 | |
| 4 | |
| 4 | |
| 4 | |
| 4 | |
| 4 | |
| 4 | |
| 4 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 |
Are you a security researcher who would like to be featured in our weekly vulnerability report? You can responsibly disclose your WordPress vulnerability discoveries to us and earn a bounty on in-scope vulnerabilities through our Bug Bounty Program. Responsibly disclosing your vulnerability discoveries to us will also get your name added on the Wordfence Intelligence leaderboard along with being mentioned in our weekly vulnerability report.
WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week
| Software Name | Software Slug |
|---|---|
| 10Web Booster – Website speed optimization, Cache & Page Speed optimizer | tenweb-speed-optimizer |
| 2Way VideoCalls and Random Chat – HTML5 Webcam Videochat | webcam-2way-videochat |
| Abandoned Cart Pro for WooCommerce | woocommerce-abandon-cart-pro |
| ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps | acf-frontend-form-element |
| Active Woot Products Tables for WooCommerce. 100% FREE | profit-products-tables-for-woocommerce |
| ActiveTrail for WooCommerce | activetrail-for-woocommerce |
| AcyMailing – An Ultimate Newsletter Plugin and Marketing Automation Solution for WordPress | acymailing |
| Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads | ad-inserter |
| Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution | file-manager-advanced |
| Advanced Post Manager | advanced-post-manager |
| affiliate-toolkit – Multi-Network Affiliate & Amazon Product Display | [Article truncated — read full content at source]
Source Attribution
This intelligence summary is sourced from Wordfence Blog and curated by CyberHawk Threat Intel for the security community. Full article content is displayed with attribution under fair use for security research and education. Read original at Wordfence Blog → Accelerate Your Security OperationsCyberHawk Threat Intel is a complete Cyber Intelligence Platform — one place for every tool a security professional needs. Built by Rudra Verma, Senior Security Architect and Researcher, CyberHawk Consultancy. IOC Scanner — scan any domain, IP, hash, URL
Live IOC Feed — 3.6M+ indicators, filterable
Infostealer Intelligence — live compromised creds
Live Threat Map — real-time global attack vectors
MISP Threat Feeds — CIRCL, Feodo, Botvrij, more
GitHub Arsenal — curated security tools and scripts
Security Blog — CVE advisories and threat research
Video Courses — cybersecurity training and education
SOPs and Playbooks — SecOps procedures
Analyst Library — references and toolkits
Scan Reports — historical threat intelligence
Cyber News — this feed, aggregated in-platform
|