Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Apr 24, 2023 to Apr 30, 2023)

Last week, there were 77 vulnerabilities disclosed in 68 WordPress Plugins and 3 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 32 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 Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Apr 17, 2023 to Apr 23, 2023)

Last week, there were 152 vulnerabilities disclosed in 134 WordPress Plugins and 0 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 41 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. There were more unpatched vulnerabilities than patched last week, so it’s more important than ever to review … Read more

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Apr 3, 2023 to Apr 9, 2023)

Last week, there were 97 vulnerabilities disclosed in 63 WordPress Plugins and 5 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. Our mission with … Read more

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Patched Promptly in WP Data Access WordPress Plugin

On April 5, 2023 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for a vulnerability we discovered in WP Data Access, a WordPress plugin that is installed on over 10,000 sites. This flaw makes it possible for an authenticated attacker to grant themselves administrative privileges via a profile update, if the targeted site … Read more

Update Now! Severe Vulnerability Impacting 600,000 Sites Patched in Limit Login Attempts

On January 26, 2023, the Wordfence team responsibly disclosed an unauthenticated stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Limit Login Attempts, a WordPress plugin installed on over 600,000 sites that provides site owners with the ability to block IP addresses that have made repeated failed login attempts. The plugin is vulnerable in versions up to, and including, … Read more