On June 24th, 2024, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team became aware of a WordPress plugin, Social Warfare, that was infected with malware through the WordPress repository. Upon further investigation, our team quickly identified 4 additional affected plugins through our internal Threat Intelligence platform. We immediately notified the WordPress Plugin’s Team and they removed the malicious … Read more
Learn How To Find WordPress Vulnerabilities Step-by-Step Welcome to the inaugural post of our WordPress Security Research Beginner’s Series! With the success of the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program, we wanted to provide emerging vulnerability researchers, and experienced Bug Bounty Hunters, with a comprehensive guide that is designed to equip them with the necessary skills and … Read more
Welcome to Part 1 of the WordPress Security Research Beginner Series! If you haven’t had a chance, please review the series introduction blog post for more details on the goal of this series and what to expect. Before diving into the security features of WordPress, it’s critical to understand the underlying request architecture. WordPress is … Read more
Update #1: As of 12:36PM EST, another plugin has been infected. We’ve updated the list below to include this fourth plugin and the plugins team has been notified. Update #2: As of 2:20 PM EST, two more plugins appear to have malicious commits, however, the releases have not officially been made meaning no sites should … Read more
On Monday June 24th, 2024 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team was made aware of the presence of malware in the Social Warfare repository plugin (see post Supply Chain Attack on WordPress.org Plugins Leads to 5 Maliciously Compromised WordPress Plugins). After adding the malicious code to our Threat Intelligence Database and examining it, we quickly discovered … Read more
