Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 11, 2023 to September 17, 2023)

Last week, there were 55 vulnerabilities disclosed in 46 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 15 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:

WPvivid Backup Plugin <= 0.9.90 – Missing Authorization via start_staging and get_staging_progress
MultiVendorX <= 4.0.25 – Improper Authorization on REST Routes via save_settings_permission
PowerPress <= 11.0.10 – Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Media URL

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

Unpatched
16

Patched
39

Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating
Number of Vulnerabilities

Low Severity
0

Medium Severity
37

High Severity
16

Critical Severity
2

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’)
18

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
7

Missing Authorization
6

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)
5

Deserialization of Untrusted Data
5

Information Exposure
4

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
3

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
2

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

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program (‘PHP Remote File Inclusion’)
1

Incorrect Privilege Assignment
1

Improper Authorization
1

Unverified Password Change
1

Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name
Number of Vulnerabilities

Lana Codes
(Wordfence Vulnerability Researcher)
20

foobar7
5

Marco Wotschka
(Wordfence Vulnerability Researcher)
5

Yan&Co ApS
2

Vladislav Pokrovsky
2

Chloe Chamberland
(Wordfence Vulnerability Researcher)
1

Nguyen Anh Tien
1

Do Xuan Trung
1

osama-hamad
1

Rafie Muhammad
1

Dmitrii Ignatyev
1

Alex Thomas
(Wordfence Vulnerability Researcher)
1

teo23mal
1

David Anderson
1

Pablo Sanchez
1

 

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name
Software Slug

10Web Map Builder for Google Maps
wd-google-maps

Allow PHP in Posts and Pages
allow-php-in-posts-and-pages

Awesome Weather Widget
awesome-weather

BAN Users
ban-users

Booking Calendar
booking

Booking calendar, Appointment Booking System
booking-calendar

Booster for WooCommerce
woocommerce-jetpack

Checkout Field Editor
woocommerce-checkout-field-editor

Comments – wpDiscuz
wpdiscuz

Crayon Syntax Highlighter
crayon-syntax-highlighter

DoLogin Security
dologin

Dropbox Folder Share
dropbox-folder-share

Enable Media Replace
enable-media-replace

Essential Addons for Elementor
essential-addons-for-elementor-lite

Essential Blocks Pro
essential-blocks-pro

Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates
essential-blocks

Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin)
feeds-for-youtube

File Manager Pro – Filester
filester

Google Maps Plugin by Intergeo
intergeo-maps

Horizontal scrolling announcement
horizontal-scrolling-announcement

JQuery Accordion Menu Widget
jquery-vertical-accordion-menu

Jetpack CRM – Clients, Leads, Invoices, Billing, Email Marketing, & Automation
zero-bs-crm

Leyka
leyka

Login with phone number
login-with-phone-number

MapPress Maps for WordPress
mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress

Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid
wpvivid-backuprestore

MultiVendorX – MultiVendor Marketplace Solution For WooCommerce
dc-woocommerce-multi-vendor

Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder
pagelayer

Photospace Responsive Gallery
photospace-responsive

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry
powerpress

Quiz And Survey Master – Best Quiz, Exam and Survey Plugin for WordPress
quiz-master-next

Read More & Accordion
expand-maker

ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF
shortpixel-image-optimiser

Simplr Registration Form Plus+
simplr-registration-form

Slimstat Analytics
wp-slimstat

Testimonial Slider Shortcode
testimonial-slider-shortcode

WP Customer Reviews
wp-customer-reviews

WP User Control
wp-user-control

WS Facebook Like Box Widget
ws-facebook-likebox

Welcart e-Commerce
usc-e-shop

WooCommerce
woocommerce

WooCommerce Beta Tester
woocommerce-beta-tester

WooCommerce CVR Payment Gateway
woocommerce-cvr-payment-gateway

WooCommerce EAN Payment Gateway
woocommerce-ean-payment-gateway

WooCommerce Subscription
woocommerce-subscriptions

WordPress File Upload
wp-file-upload

woocommerce-checkout-field-editor
woocommerce-checkout-field-editor

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.

Allow PHP in Posts and Pages <= 3.0.4 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Remote Code Execution via Shortcode

Dropbox Folder Share <= 1.9.7 – Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion

Slimstat Analytics <= 5.0.9 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Blind SQL Injection via Shortcode

Welcart e-Commerce <= 2.8.21 – Authenticated(level_5+) SQL Injection via get_logs

Simplr Registration Form Plus+ <= 2.4.5 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary User Password Change

Login with phone number <= 1.4.8 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to User Password Change

Essential Addons for Elementor <= 5.8.8 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation

BAN Users <= 1.5.3 – Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update & Privilege Escalation

Horizontal scrolling announcement <= 9.2 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via Shortcode

File Manager Pro – Filester – <= 1.7.6 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Rename

MultiVendorX <= 4.0.25 – Improper Authorization on REST Routes via ‘save_settings_permission’

WPvivid Backup Plugin <= 0.9.90 – Missing Authorization via ‘start_staging’ and ‘get_staging_progress’

Essential Blocks <= 4.2.0 – Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via products

Essential Blocks <= 4.2.0 – Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via queries

Read More & Accordion <= 3.2.2 – Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection

Booking calendar, Appointment Booking System <= 3.2.8 – Multiple Authenticated(Editor+) SQL Injection

Dropbox Folder Share <= 1.9.7 – Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery via ‘link’

WooCommerce Beta Tester < 2.2.4 – Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection

Enable Media Replace <= 4.1.2 – Authenticated(Editor+) PHP Object Injection

ShortPixel Image Optimizer <= 5.4.1 – Authenticated(Editor+) PHP Object Injection

Booking Calendar <= 9.7.3 – Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Testimonial Slider Shortcode <= 1.1.8 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability via Shortcode

Feeds for YouTube <= 2.1 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Awesome Weather Widget <= 3.0.2 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Crayon Syntax Highlighter <= 2.8.4 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Server Side Request Forgery

WS Facebook Like Box Widget <= 5.0 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Booster for WooCommerce <= 7.1.0 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

PowerPress <= 11.0.10 – Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Media URL

JQuery Accordion Menu Widget <= 3.1.2 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

MapPress Maps for WordPress <= 2.88.4 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Google Maps Plugin by Intergeo <= 2.3.2 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Horizontal scrolling announcement <= 9.2 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Jetpack CRM <= 5.5.0 – Authenticated (Client+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

PageLayer <= 1.7.6 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

WooCommerce <= 7.8.2 – Sensitive Information Exposure

wpDiscuz <= 7.6.3 – Insecure Direct Object Reference to Post Rating Increase/Decrease

wpDiscuz <= 7.6.3 – Insecure Direct Object Reference to Comment Rating Increase/Decrease

Leyka <= 3.30.3 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure

WP User Control <= 1.5.3 – Insecure Password Reset Mechanism

WooCommerce <= 7.0.0 – Authenticated(Shop Manager+) Sensitive Information Exposure

WordPress File Upload <= 4.23.2 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Jetpack CRM <= 5.5.0 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Photospace Responsive <= 2.1.1 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.90 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

WP Customer Reviews <= 3.6.6 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

WooCommerce Subscription < 4.6.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

DoLogin Security <= 3.7 – Missing Authorization on Dashboard Widget

WooCommerce EAN Payment Gateway < 6.1.0 – Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) EAN Update

Quiz And Survey Master <= 8.1.15 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via ‘display_results’

10Web Map Builder for Google Maps <= 1.0.73 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Notice Dismissal

10Web Map Builder for Google Maps <= 1.0.73 – Missing Authorization to Notice Dismissal

Checkout Field Editor (Premium) < 1.7.5 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

Booster for WooCommerce <= 7.1.0 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Disclosure via Shortcode

Checkout Field Editor <= 1.7.4 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Checkout Fields Update

WooCommerce CVR Payment Gateway < 6.1.0 – Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) CVR Update

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 using our CVE Request form, and by monitoring varying sources to capture all publicly available WordPress vulnerability information and adding additional context where we can.

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