Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 24, 2026 to August 30, 2026)

Last week, there were 246 vulnerabilities disclosed in 174 WordPress Plugins and 5 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 121 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

Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Super Forms Plugin

On July 9th, 2026, we publicly disclosed a critical Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Super Forms, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 13,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged by unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files, including PHP backdoors, and achieve remote code execution. The vendor released the fully patched version on July … Read more

5 Million WordPress Sites Affected by SQL Injection Vulnerability in All-in-One WP Migration and Backup WordPress Plugin

On August 14th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Second-Order SQL Injection vulnerability in All-in-One WP Migration and Backup, a WordPress plugin with more than 5 million active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject SQL that is later executed when a site administrator performs an archive restore, which … Read more

Wordfence Argus Finds Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in Gravity Forms

On August 9th, 2026, Wordfence Argus, created by the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, discovered an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Gravity Forms, a WordPress plugin estimated to have more than one million active installations. This high-severity vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated threat actors to write files with attacker-selected extensions to a public temporary upload … Read more

Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Elementor Pro Plugin

On August 19th, 2026, we publicly disclosed a critical Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Elementor Pro, a WordPress plugin with more than 6,000,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged by unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files, including executable PHP files, to a vulnerable site, which can lead to remote code execution and complete … Read more