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Last week, there were 79 vulnerabilities disclosed in 58 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress Theme that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 32 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to ensure your site is not affected.
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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:
LiteSpeed Cache <= 6.3.0.1 – Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Over 650,000 exploit attempts already blocked by this rule since August 20th, 2024.
WAF-RULE-727 – 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
52
Unpatched
27
Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week
Severity Rating
Number of Vulnerabilities
Medium Severity
56
High Severity
14
Critical Severity
9
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’)
24
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
18
Missing Authorization
12
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)
6
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
3
Information Exposure
3
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
2
Improper Control of Generation of Code (‘Code Injection’)
2
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (‘Path Traversal’)
2
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
2
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
1
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine
1
Improper Privilege Management
1
Incorrect Authorization
1
URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (‘Open Redirect’)
1
Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week
Researcher Name
Number of Vulnerabilities
10
10
9
6
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week
Software Name
Software Slug
AcyMailing – An Ultimate Newsletter Plugin and Marketing Automation Solution for WordPress
AdRotate Banner Manager – The only ad manager you’ll need
App Builder – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Flight
AZIndex
blogintroduction-wordpress-plugin
blogintroduction-wordpress-plugin
BP Profile Search
Contact Form by Bit Form: Multi Step Form, Calculation Contact Form, Payment Contact Form & Custom Contact Form builder
Custom Permalinks
Event Espresso – Event Registration & Ticketing Sales
Favicon Generator (CLOSED)
File Manager Pro
Flamix: Bitrix24 and Contact Form 7 integrations
flamix-bitrix24-and-contact-forms-7-integrations
GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
Gixaw Chat
Hide My Site
ILC Thickbox
Image Hotspot by DevVN
Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv
ImageRecycle pdf & image compression
imagerecycle-pdf-image-compression
LH Add Media From Url
LiquidPoll – Polls, Surveys, NPS and Feedback Reviews
LiteSpeed Cache
Misiek Paypal
Misiek Photo Album
MM-Breaking News
Music Request Manager
Orbit Fox by ThemeIsle
OTA Sync Booking Engine Widget
ota-sync-booking-engine-widget
Piotnet Addons For Elementor
Pocket Widget
Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popups Builder
Quick Code
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Responsive Video
RT Easy Builder – Advanced addons for Elementor
rt-easy-builder-advanced-addons-for-elementor
Shopping Cart & eCommerce Store
Simple Headline Rotator
Simple Job Board
Smart Online Order for Clover
Snapshot Backup
String locator
The Plus Addons for Elementor – Elementor Addons, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce
the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder
Themify Builder
TI WooCommerce Wishlist
Tutor LMS Elementor Addons
Ultimate Store Kit Elementor Addons, Woocommerce Builder, EDD Builder, Elementor Store Builder, Product Grid, Product Table, Woocommerce Slider
User Private Files – Upload and Share Files with Secure WordPress File Manager
Visual Sound
WBW Product Table Pro
Woo Inquiry
WooCommerce Google Feed Manager
WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons
WordSurvey
WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click (PRO)
WP Last Modified Info
WP Testimonial Widget
WPML
Zephyr Project Manager
WordPress Themes with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week
Software Name
Software Slug
Phlox PRO
Vulnerability Details
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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.
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