200,000 WordPress Sites at Risk from Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Burst Statistics Plugin

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On May 8, 2026, PRISM, Wordfence Threat Intelligence’s autonomous vulnerability research platform, discovered a critical Authentication Bypass vulnerability in Burst Statistics, a WordPress plugin with more than 200,000 active installations. The vulnerability was introduced in the code on April 23, 2026, discovered just 15 days later, and patched 19 days later, highlighting the positive impact … Read more

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 4, 2026 to May 10, 2026)

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Last week, there were 75 vulnerabilities disclosed in 59 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 56 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 … Read more

WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 4

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The fourth Release Candidate (“RC4”) for WordPress 7.0 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC4 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase … Read more

Get Your WordCamp US 2026 Tickets

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August 16–19, 2026, Phoenix Convention Center – Phoenix, Arizona Tickets are now available for WordCamp US 2026, taking place August 16–19, 2026, at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The flagship event brings together people from across the WordPress community to learn, contribute, share ideas, connect with contributor teams, and help shape the future … Read more

1,000,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Read and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in Avada Builder WordPress Plugin

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On March 21st, 2026, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Read and an SQL Injection vulnerability in Avada Builder, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 1,000,000 active installations. The arbitrary file read vulnerability can be used by authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to read arbitrary files on the server, which may … Read more