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Last week, there were 65 vulnerabilities disclosed in 51 WordPress Plugins and 7 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 29 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:
WAF-RULE-740 – Data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.
WAF-RULE-739 – 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
13
Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week
Severity Rating
Number of Vulnerabilities
Medium Severity
47
High Severity
13
Critical Severity
5
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’)
38
Missing Authorization
5
Improper Control of Generation of Code (‘Code Injection’)
4
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)
4
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
2
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
2
Improper Privilege Management
2
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
2
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
1
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
1
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
1
External Control of File Name or Path
1
Improper Access Control
1
Incorrect Privilege Assignment
1
Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week
Researcher Name
Number of Vulnerabilities
13
8
6
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
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
Advanced WordPress Backgrounds
Affiliate Super Assistent
amCharts: Charts and Maps
Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone
Bit File Manager – 100% Free & Open Source File Manager and Code Editor for WordPress
Classified Listing – Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin
Community by PeepSo – Social Network, Membership, Registration, User Profiles, Premium – Mobile App
Cron Jobs
Custom Post Limits
Elementor Website Builder – More than Just a Page Builder
Email Obfuscate Shortcode
Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Addon, Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders
essential-addons-for-elementor-lite
EventPrime – Events Calendar, Bookings and Tickets
eventprime-event-calendar-management
Exit Notifier
Flipping Cards
Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
FOX – Currency Switcher Professional for WooCommerce
Frontend Dashboard
Fusion Builder
HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block
LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin
Login with phone number
Lucas String Replace
Master Addons – Free Widgets, Hover Effects, Toggle, Conditions, Animations for Elementor
Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid
MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud
Nova Blocks by Pixelgrade
PDF Thumbnail Generator
Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC)
Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks
Product Slider for WooCommerce by PickPlugins
Roles & Capabilities
Simple Spoiler
Slider comparison image before and after
slider-comparison-image-before-and-after
Spiffy Calendar
Stream
Tag Groups is the Advanced Way to Display Your Taxonomy Terms
Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution
video carousel slider with lightbox
wp-responsive-video-gallery-with-lightbox
Waitlist Woocommerce ( Back in stock notifier )
WooCommerce Multiple Free Gift
woocommerce-multiple-free-gift
WooCommerce Photo Reviews Premium
WordPress Affiliates Plugin — SliceWP Affiliates
WP Booking System – Booking Calendar
WP Delicious – Recipe Plugin for Food Bloggers (formerly Delicious Recipes)
WP Editor
WP Meta SEO
WP Simple Booking Calendar
WP Test Email
WPFactory Helper
YITH Custom Login
WordPress Themes with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week
Software Name
Software Slug
Beauty
Betheme
Bricks
Delicate
Neighborly
Triton Lite
Tweaker5
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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