Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Post SMTP Plugin

On October 11th, 2025, we received a submission for an Account Takeover via Email Log Disclosure vulnerability in Post SMTP, a WordPress plugin with more than 400,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to view email logs, including password reset emails, and change the password of any user, including an … Read more

WordPress 6.9 Release Candidate 2

The second Release Candidate (“RC2”) for WordPress 6.9 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC2 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase … Read more

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (November 3, 2025 to November 9, 2025)

Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters! The LFInder Challenge: Refine your LFI hunting skills with an expanded scope. Now through November 24, 2025, all LFI vulnerabilities in software with at least 25 active installs are considered in-scope for all researchers, regardless of researcher tier, AND earn a 30% bonus on all Local File … Read more