Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 13, 2024 to May 19, 2024)

Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again?

Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure!

Last week, there were 106 vulnerabilities disclosed in 81 WordPress Plugins and 8 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 42 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 make the internet more secure. That is why the Wordfence Intelligence user interface, vulnerability API, webhook integration, and Wordfence CLI Vulnerability Scanner are all completely free to access and utilize both personally and commercially, and why we are running this weekly vulnerability report.

Enterprises, Hosting Providers, and even Individuals can use the Wordfence CLI Vulnerability Scanner to run regular vulnerability scans across the sites they protect. Or alternatively, utilize the vulnerability Database API to receive a complete dump of our database of over 16,000 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-700 – Data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.
WAF-RULE-699 – Data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.

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
96

Unpatched
10

Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating
Number of Vulnerabilities

Medium Severity
86

High Severity
14

Critical Severity
6

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’)
61

Missing Authorization
17

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
7

Deserialization of Untrusted Data
3

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)
3

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
3

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program (‘PHP Remote File Inclusion’)
2

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (‘Path Traversal’)
2

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
1

Improper Access Control
1

Improper Authorization
1

Improper Control of Generation of Code (‘Code Injection’)
1

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
1

Information Exposure
1

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
1

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (‘Open Redirect’)
1

Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name
Number of Vulnerabilities

12

8

8

7

6

4

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

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

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

140+ Widgets | Best Addons For Elementor – FREE

xpro-elementor-addons

All-in-One Video Gallery

all-in-one-video-gallery

Alt Text AI – Automatically generate image alt text for SEO and accessibility

alttext-ai

Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin

simply-schedule-appointments

Borderless – Widgets, Elements, Templates and Toolkit for Elementor & Gutenberg

borderless

Builder for WooCommerce product reviews shortcodes – ReviewShort

woo-product-reviews-shortcode

Bulk Posts Editing For WordPress

ithemeland-bulk-posts-editing-lite

Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder

fluentform

Contact Form Widget – Contact Query, Contact Page, Form Maker, Query Table

new-contact-form-widget

ConvertPlus

convertplug

Copymatic – AI Content Writer & Generator

copymatic

Cost Calculator Builder PRO

cost-calculator-builder-pro

Custom Post Type Attachment

custom-post-type-pdf-attachment

DethemeKit For Elementor

dethemekit-for-elementor

Elegant Blocks – Amazing Gutenberg Blocks

elegant-blocks

Elementor Header & Footer Builder

header-footer-elementor

Email Subscribers by Icegram Express – Email Marketing, Newsletters, Automation for WordPress & WooCommerce

email-subscribers

Envo Extra

envo-extra

Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders

essential-addons-for-elementor-lite

Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates

essential-blocks

Exclusive Addons for Elementor

exclusive-addons-for-elementor

Fast Custom Social Share by CodeBard

fast-custom-social-share-by-codebard

Fastly

fastly

FundEngine – Donation and Crowdfunding Platform

wp-fundraising-donation

GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform

give

Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP – Page Builder Features

kadence-blocks

Happy Addons for Elementor

happy-elementor-addons

iframe

iframe

Image Optimization by Optimole – Lazy Load, CDN, Convert WebP & AVIF

optimole-wp

ImageMagick Sharpen Resized Images

imagemagick-sharpen-resized-images

Import and export users and customers

import-users-from-csv-with-meta

Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress

insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress

Integration for HubSpot and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Ninja Forms

cf7-hubspot

Integration for Salesforce and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Formidable, Ninja Forms

cf7-salesforce

JCH Optimize

jch-optimize

Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth

jetpack

Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress

chatbot-chatgpt

Landing Page Builder – Coming Soon page, Maintenance Mode, Lead Page, WordPress Landing Pages

page-builder-add

Logo Slider – Logo Carousel, Logo Showcase & Client Logo Slider WordPress Plugin

logo-slider-wp

Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid

magazine-blocks

Master Addons – Free Widgets, Hover Effects, Toggle, Conditions, Animations for Elementor

master-addons

Mega Elements – Addons for Elementor

mega-elements-addons-for-elementor

Menu Icons by ThemeIsle

menu-icons

Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce

order-import-export-for-woocommerce

Password Protected – WordPress Plugin to Password Protect Site, Pages, & WooCommerce Store

password-protected

Penci Soledad Data Migrator

penci-data-migrator

Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List

picture-gallery

Piotnet Addons For Elementor

piotnet-addons-for-elementor

Popup Builder

easy-notify-lite

Popup Maker – Responsive popup, Exit Intent Pop up, Email Optins, Autoresponder & More

popup-maker-wp

Popup – Popup More Popups

popup-more

Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor

post-and-page-builder

Post Grid Elementor Addon

post-grid-elementor-addon

Radio Player – Live Shoutcast, Icecast and Any Audio Stream Player for WordPress

radio-player

Rank Math SEO with AI Best SEO Tools

seo-by-rank-math

ReviewX – Multi-criteria Rating & Reviews for WooCommerce

reviewx

Royal Elementor Addons and Templates

royal-elementor-addons

RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging

wp-rss-aggregator

Salon Booking System

salon-booking-system

ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling

shiftcontroller

ShopLentor – WooCommerce Builder for Elementor & Gutenberg +12 Modules – All in One Solution (formerly WooLentor)

woolentor-addons

Simple Basic Contact Form

simple-basic-contact-form

Sina Extension for Elementor (Slider, Gallery, Form, Modal, Data Table, Tab, Particle, Free Elementor Widgets & Elementor Templates)

sina-extension-for-elementor

Swift Framework

socialdriver-framework

Sydney Toolbox

sydney-toolbox

Tagembed: Embed Twitter Feed, Google Reviews, YouTube Videos, TikTok, RSS Feed & More Social Media Feeds

tagembed-widget

Testimonial Carousel For Elementor

testimonials-carousel-elementor

Tutor LMS Pro

tutor-pro

Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution

tutor

Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid

visual-portfolio

Visualizer: Tables and Charts Manager for WordPress

visualizer

weMail – Email Marketing, Newsletter, Optin Forms, Subscribers WordPress Plugin

wemail

WordPress Automatic Plugin

wp-automatic

WP Backpack

wp-backpack

WP Compress – Image Optimizer [All-In-One]

wp-compress-image-optimizer

WP SMS – Messaging, SMS & MMS Notifications, 2FA & OTP for WordPress, WooCommerce, GravityForms, etc

wp-sms

WP Stacker

wp-stacker

WPB Elementor Addons

wpb-elementor-addons

WPZOOM Addons for Elementor (Templates, Widgets)

wpzoom-elementor-addons

YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards

yith-woocommerce-gift-cards

Yoast SEO

wordpress-seo

WordPress Themes with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name
Software Slug

ChaosTheory

chaostheory

Consus

consus

EmpowerWP

empowerwp

Ketos

ketos

Niveau

niveau

Oasis

oasis

Skyline WP

skyline-wp

Zeka

zeka

Vulnerability Details

Please note that if you run the Wordfence plugin on your WordPress site, with the scanner enabled, you should’ve already been notified if your site was affected by any of these vulnerabilities. If you’d like to receive real-time notifications whenever a vulnerability is added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, check out our Slack and HTTP Webhook Integration, which is completely free to utilize.

As a reminder, Wordfence has curated an industry leading vulnerability database with all known WordPress core, theme, and plugin vulnerabilities known as Wordfence Intelligence.

This database is continuously updated, maintained, and populated by Wordfence’s highly credentialed and experienced vulnerability researchers through in-house vulnerability research, vulnerability researchers submitting directly to us through our Bug Bounty Program, and by monitoring varying sources to capture all publicly available WordPress vulnerability information and adding additional context where we can.

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.

The post Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 13, 2024 to May 19, 2024) appeared first on Wordfence.