On March 24th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Administrator Account Creation vulnerability in WP Maps Pro, a WordPress plugin with more than 15,000 sales. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new administrator accounts on the affected sites, leading to complete site takeover. Props to David Brown who discovered … Read more
THREAT ANALYSIS May 2026 · Forensic Case Study A forensic breakdown of how an attacker turned CyberPanel’s SnappyMail logging into a persistent webshell that survived every WordPress cleanup attempt. A WordPress site owner reported redirect malware on their site. They found that clicking anywhere on the page would open spam links in new tabs. They … Read more
Last week, there were 78 vulnerabilities disclosed in 62 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 59 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
On May 8, 2026, PRISM, Wordfence Threat Intelligence’s autonomous vulnerability research platform, discovered a critical Authentication Bypass vulnerability in Burst Statistics, a WordPress plugin with more than 200,000 active installations. The vulnerability was introduced in the code on April 23, 2026, discovered just 15 days later, and patched 19 days later, highlighting the positive impact … Read more
Last week, there were 75 vulnerabilities disclosed in 59 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 56 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
