Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 31, 2023 to August 6, 2023)

Last week, there were 29 vulnerabilities disclosed in 24 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 18 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to ensure your site is not affected.

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New Firewall Rules Deployed Last Week

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team reviews each vulnerability to determine impact and severity, along with assessing the likelihood of exploitation, to verify that the Wordfence Firewall provides sufficient protection.

The team rolled out enhanced protection via firewall rules for the following vulnerabilities in real-time to our Premium, Care, and Response customers last week:

JetElements <= 2.6.10 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution

Wordfence Premium, Care, and Response customers received this protection immediately, while users still running the free version of Wordfence will receive this enhanced protection after a 30 day delay.

Total Unpatched & Patched Vulnerabilities Last Week

Patch Status
Number of Vulnerabilities

Unpatched
2

Patched
27

Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating
Number of Vulnerabilities

Low Severity
0

Medium Severity
19

High Severity
7

Critical Severity
3

Total Vulnerabilities by CWE Type Last Week

Vulnerability Type by CWE
Number of Vulnerabilities

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’)
11

Improper Privilege Management
4

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
3

Improper Control of Generation of Code (‘Code Injection’)
3

Missing Authorization
2

Information Exposure
2

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
1

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)
1

Use of Less Trusted Source
1

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
1

Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name
Number of Vulnerabilities

Lana Codes
(Wordfence Vulnerability Researcher)
5

Dmitriy
1

DoYeon Park
1

Bob Matyas
1

Marc-Alexandre Montpas
1

Rafie Muhammad
1

Dmitrii Ignatyev
1

Erwan LR
1

Daniel Ruf
1

MyungJu Kim
1

Pallab Jyoti Borah
1

Sayandeep Dutta
1

Vikas Kumawat
1

Satoo Nakano
1

Ryotaro Imamura
1

Vincenzo Turturro
1

Gianluca Parisi
1

Vincenzo Cantatore
1

 

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name
Software Slug

Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)
advanced-custom-fields

Booster for WooCommerce
woocommerce-jetpack

Bus Ticket Booking with Seat Reservation
bus-ticket-booking-with-seat-reservation

Duplicate Post
copy-delete-posts

FormCraft – Contact Form Builder for WordPress
formcraft-form-builder

Guest posting / Frontend Posting wordpress plugin – WP Front User Submit / Front Editor
front-editor

Import All Pages, Post types, Products, Orders, and Users as XML & CSV
wp-ultimate-csv-importer

JetElements
jet-elements

Media from FTP
media-from-ftp

MultiParcels Shipping For WooCommerce
multiparcels-shipping-for-woocommerce

Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce
order-delivery-date-for-woocommerce

PostX – Gutenberg Post Grid Blocks
ultimate-post

Shop as a Customer for WooCommerce
shop-as-a-customer-for-woocommerce

Short URL
shorten-url

Simple Blog Card
simple-blog-card

Simple Share Follow Button
simple-share-follow-button

Simple Ticker
simple-ticker

Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce
payment-gateway-stripe-and-woocommerce-integration

Subscribers Text Counter
subscribers-text-counter

TI WooCommerce Wishlist
ti-woocommerce-wishlist

Upload Media By URL
upload-media-by-url

User Access Manager
user-access-manager

WordPress Job Board and Recruitment Plugin – JobWP
jobwp

wpShopGermany – Protected Shops
wpshopgermany-protectedshops

Vulnerability Details

Please note that if you run the Wordfence plugin on your WordPress site, with the scanner enabled, you should’ve already been notified if your site was affected by any of these vulnerabilities.

Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce <= 3.7.7 – Authentication Bypass

TI WooCommerce Wishlist <= 2.7.3 – Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection via Rest API

WordPress Job Board and Recruitment Plugin – JobWP <= 2.0 – Arbitrary File Upload via ‘jobwp_upload_resume’

Shop as a Customer for WooCommerce <= 1.2.3 – Authenticated (Shop Manager+) Privilege Escalation

Shop as a Customer for WooCommerce <= 1.1.7 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

JetElements <= 2.6.10 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution

WP Ultimate CSV Importer <= 7.9.8 – Authenticated (Author+) PHP File Creation to Remote Code Execution

WP Ultimate CSV Importer <= 7.9.8 – Authenticated (Author+) Remote Code Execution

WP Ultimate CSV Importer <= 7.9.8 – Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing

Booster for WooCommerce 7.0.0 – Authenticated (Shop Manager+) Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update

WP Ultimate CSV Importer <= 7.9.8 – Arbitrary Usermeta Update to Authenticated (Author+) Privilege Escalation

Upload Media By URL <= 1.0.7 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via ‘umbu_download’

Simple Ticker <= 3.05 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Simple Blog Card <= 1.30 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Simple Share Follow Button <= 1.03 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Media from FTP <= 11.15 – Improper Privilege Management

Duplicate Post <= 1.4.1 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via ‘cdp_action_handling’ AJAX action

PostX – Gutenberg Post Grid Blocks <= 3.0.5 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ‘postx_type’

MultiParcels Shipping For WooCommerce <= 1.15.3 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce <= 3.20.0 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ‘orddd_lite_custom_startdate’ and ‘orddd_lite_custom_enddate’

Short URL <= 1.6.7 – Missing Authorization via multiple AJAX functions

Bus Ticket Booking with Seat Reservation <= 5.2.3 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

User Access Manager <= 2.2.16 – IP Spoofing

wpShopGermany – Protected Shops <= 2.0 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

FormCraft <= 1.2.6 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Guest posting / Frontend Posting wordpress plugin – WP Front User Submit / Front Editor <= 4.0.4 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Advanced Custom Fields <= 6.1.7 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Simple Blog Card <= 1.31 – Sensitive Information Exposure

Subscribers Text Counter <= 1.7 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update and Cross-Site Scripting

As a reminder, Wordfence has curated an industry leading vulnerability database with all known WordPress core, theme, and plugin vulnerabilities known as Wordfence Intelligence.

This database is continuously updated, maintained, and populated by Wordfence’s highly credentialed and experienced vulnerability researchers through in-house vulnerability research, vulnerability researchers submitting directly to us using our CVE Request form, and by monitoring varying sources to capture all publicly available WordPress vulnerability information and adding additional context where we can.

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