Attackers Actively Probing for Upgrade-Window RCE Vulnerability in WordPress Core

On October 28th, 2026, the WordPress Security Team released WordPress 7.1.4, along with backported security releases for older branches, addressing several security issues, most notably an Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in WordPress core, identified as CVE-2026-119977. The vulnerability affects WordPress core versions 4.7 through 7.1.3 and can be leveraged by unauthenticated attackers to execute … Read more

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 26, 2026 to November 1, 2026)

Last week, there were 549 vulnerabilities disclosed in 351 WordPress Plugins and 4 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 222 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

Wordfence Price Increase Coming December 3, 2026

On Thursday, December 3, 2026, pricing for Wordfence Premium, Care, and Response will increase. We’re announcing this change a month in advance so you have time to purchase new licenses or renew eligible subscriptions at current pricing. Existing licenses can be renewed up to one year before their expiration dates. Purchase or renew before December … Read more

HTTP2Shell: What the Critical Brotli Vulnerability Means for WordPress Sites

On October 22, 2026, Google published CVE-2026-111497, a critical vulnerability in Brotli, one day after the Brotli project released fixed versions. The vulnerability has circulated under several unofficial names, including HTTP2Shell, Node2Shell, and Brotli2Shell. Despite the first name, the flaw does not involve the HTTP/2 protocol. It has a CVSS v4.0 score of 9.2 out … Read more

WordPress 7.1.4 Patches Unauthenticated Upgrade-Window RCE; Exploitation Attempts Detected After Release

TL;DR: WordPress 7.1.4 was released on October 28, 2026. According to WordPress, it includes fixes for 22 security vulnerabilities. The most serious is an unauthenticated race condition in the Core update process that can lead to remote code execution. Threat actors are already actively attempting to exploit it, so site owners should verify that WordPress … Read more