Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 17, 2026 to August 23, 2026)

Last week, there were 240 vulnerabilities disclosed in 184 WordPress Plugins and 17 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 105 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 Signs the Open Weights and American AI Leadership Letter

We’re proud to announce that WordPress has signed Open Weights and American AI Leadership, an open letter asking US policymakers to not place early restrictions on open weight AI models. These are artificial intelligence models that anyone can download, inspect, modify, and run on their own infrastructure. The letter was published on July 24, 2026, … Read more

400,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Account Takeover Vulnerability in TranslatePress WordPress Plugin

On August 11th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Account Takeover vulnerability in TranslatePress, a WordPress plugin with more than 400,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain an administrator’s password reset link, reset the account’s password, and log in as that administrator, resulting in complete site takeover. … Read more