Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 22, 2025 to September 28, 2025)

Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters!   Operation: Maximum Impact Challenge! Now through November 10, 2025, earn 2X bounty rewards for all in-scope submissions in software with at least 5,000 active installs and fewer than 5 million active installs. Bounties up to $31,200 per vulnerability. Submit bold. Earn big! The LFInder Challenge: Refine … Read more

How to Find Local File Inclusion (LFI) Vulnerabilities in WordPress Plugins and Themes

Local File Inclusion (LFI) occurs when user-controlled input is used to build a path to a file that is then included by the application. In WordPress (and PHP web applications in general), this means values from $_GET, $_POST, $_REQUEST, or other user-controlled sources end up in the include(), require(), include_once(), or require_once() functions. While this … Read more

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

Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters!   Operation: Maximum Impact Challenge! Now through November 10, 2025, earn 2X bounty rewards for all in-scope submissions in software with at least 5,000 active installs and fewer than 5 million active installs. Bounties up to $31,200 per vulnerability. Submit bold. Earn big! Last week, there were … Read more

Wordfence Bug Bounty Program Monthly Report – August 2025

Last month in August 2025, the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program received 438 vulnerability submissions from our growing community of security researchers working to improve the overall security posture of the WordPress ecosystem. These submissions are reviewed, triaged, and processed by the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, with validated vulnerabilities responsibly disclosed to vendors, often through the … Read more

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 8, 2025 to September 14, 2025)

Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters!   Operation: Maximum Impact Challenge! Now through November 10, 2025, earn 2X bounty rewards for all in-scope submissions in software with at least 5,000 active installs and fewer than 5 million active installs. Bounties up to $31,200 per vulnerability. Submit bold. Earn big!  Participate in the SQLsplorer … Read more