Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 15, 2025 to September 21, 2025)

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Last week, there were 43 vulnerabilities disclosed in 38 WordPress Plugins and 3 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 28 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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Total Unpatched & Patched Vulnerabilities Last Week

Patch Status	Number of Vulnerabilities
Patched	33
Unpatched	10

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Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating	Number of Vulnerabilities
Medium Severity	32
High Severity	10
Critical Severity	1

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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’)	9
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)	8
Missing Authorization	8
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)	3
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key	2
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
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type	2
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel	1
Deserialization of Untrusted Data	1
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	1
External Control of File Name or Path	1
Improper Control of Generation of Code (‘Code Injection’)	1
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)	1
Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts	1

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Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name	Number of Vulnerabilities
Jonas Benjamin Friedli	5
Muhammad Yudha – DJ	4
wesley (wcraft)	3
Ryan Kozak	2
zaim	2
zer0gh0st	2
Arkadiusz Hydzik	2
Foxyyy	2
johska	2
Tran Nguyen Bao Khanh	2
Miguel Santareno	1
Manopakorn Kooharueangrong (manop55555)	1
Karuppiah Sabari Kumar	1
Rahul Sreenivasan (Tr0j4n)	1
Peter Thaleikis	1
Alex	1
Nguyen Xuan Chien	1
Dmitrii Ignatyev	1
Legion Hunter	1
kr0d	1
theviper17y	1
vgo0	1
Gilang – DJ	1
Claw.k	1
Naoya Takahashi (nakko)	1
0xbeven	1
stealth	1
sk4r1	1

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name	Software Slug
Appointmind	appointmind
Blaze Demo Importer	blaze-demo-importer
Blocksy Companion	blocksy-companion
Browser Sniff	browser-sniff
Catch Dark Mode	catch-dark-mode
Chained Quiz	chained-quiz
ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages	clickwhale
Custom Login And Signup Widget	custom-login-and-signup-widget
Developer Loggers for Simple History	developer-loggers-for-simple-history
Download Manager	download-manager
Draft List	simple-draft-list
Embed PDF for WPForms	embed-pdf-wpforms
Falang multilanguage for WordPress	falang
Ghost Kit – Page Builder Blocks, Motion Effects & Extensions	ghostkit
Internal Links Manager	seo-automated-link-building
Kubio AI Page Builder	kubio
Media Player Addons for Elementor – Audio and Video Widgets for Elementor	media-player-addons-for-elementor
Memberlite Shortcodes	memberlite-shortcodes
Miniorange OTP Verification with Firebase	miniorange-firebase-sms-otp-verification
osTicket WP Bridge	osticket-wp-bridge
Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions Generator WordPress Plugin : WP Legal Pages	wplegalpages
Productive Style – Optimisations & Content Publishing Support	productive-style
Quantities and Units for WooCommerce	quantities-and-units-for-woocommerce
Quiz Maker	quiz-maker
Robcore Netatmo	robcore-netatmo
Secure Passkeys	secure-passkeys
Service Finder Bookings	sf-booking
Service Finder SMS System	aone-sms
Social Media Shortcodes	social-media-shortcodes
StoreEngine – Powerful WordPress eCommerce Plugin for Payments, Memberships, Affiliates, Sales & More	storeengine
SupportCandy – Helpdesk & Customer Support Ticket System	supportcandy
SureForms – Drag and Drop Contact Form Builder – Multi-step Forms, Conversational Forms and more	sureforms
The Events Calendar	the-events-calendar
The Hack Repair Guy’s Plugin Archiver	hackrepair-plugin-archiver
User Sync	user-sync
USS Upyun	uss-upyun
Wide Banner	wide-banner
WP Import – Ultimate CSV XML Importer for WordPress	wp-ultimate-csv-importer

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WordPress Themes with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name	Software Slug
Entrada	entrada
Leblix – Laboratory & Research WordPress Theme	leblix
Sydney	sydney

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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.

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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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