Wordfence PRISM Detected Backdoored WordPress Plugin within Two Hours of it Being Introduced

On July 28th, 2026, our autonomous AI vulnerability intelligence agent, Wordfence PRISM, identified a critical Authentication Bypass backdoor in Advanced Responsive Video Embedder, a WordPress plugin with approximately 20,000 active installations, less than two hours after the malicious code was introduced. This is not a conventional coding mistake, it’s a supply chain attack that has … Read more

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 13, 2026 to July 19, 2026)

Last week, there were 75 vulnerabilities disclosed in WordPress Core, 68 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 50 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to ensure your site is not affected. Our … Read more