Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 28, 2026 to October 4, 2026)

Last week, there were 501 vulnerabilities disclosed in 367 WordPress Plugins and 9 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 201 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

Cybersecurity Imperatives Will Demand AI Math

“I think we might lose public key cryptography.” ~Matthew Green The above is from Matthew Green, yesterday, who is a cryptographer at Johns Hopkins. OpenAI released over 700 mathematical proofs as a github repository yesterday. They’ve since withdrawn 3 of them. The reaction from mathematicians has been frustration and some anger and sadness, and there’s … Read more

WordPress 7.1.3 Maintenance and Security Release

This security and maintenance release features 7 security fixes and 4 bug fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can download WordPress 7.1.3 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click “Update Now”. If you have sites that support automatic background … Read more