Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 21, 2023 to August 27, 2023)

Last week, there were 43 vulnerabilities disclosed in 38 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 23 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:

JupiterX Core <= 3.3.8 – Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

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
17

Patched
26

Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating
Number of Vulnerabilities

Low Severity
0

Medium Severity
35

High Severity
6

Critical Severity
2

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’)
16

Missing Authorization
13

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
8

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
2

Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision
1

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
1

Use of Less Trusted Source
1

Improper Privilege Management
1

Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name
Number of Vulnerabilities

Rafshanzani Suhada
6

Abdi Pranata
3

Rio Darmawan
3

Rafie Muhammad
3

Mahesh Nagabhairava
2

Nguyen Xuan Chien
2

yuyuddn
1

Bob Matyas
1

Carlos David Garrido León
1

Skalucy
1

Nithissh S
1

Animesh Gaurav
1

Muhammad Daffa
1

konagash
1

Dipak Panchal
1

Bartłomiej Marek
1

Tomasz Swiadek
1

An Dang
1

Erwan LR
1

Mika
1

Lana Codes
(Wordfence Vulnerability Researcher)
1

Dmitrii Ignatyev
1

Revan Arifio
1

 

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name
Software Slug

Category Slider for WooCommerce
woo-category-slider-grid

Collapse-O-Matic
jquery-collapse-o-matic

Cookies by JM
cookies-by-jm

DX-auto-save-images
dx-auto-save-images

DoLogin Security
dologin

ElementsKit Elementor addons
elementskit-lite

FTP Access
ftp-access

FV Flowplayer Video Player
fv-wordpress-flowplayer

Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager
folders

Herd Effects – fake notifications and social proof plugin
mwp-herd-effect

Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
hide-my-wp

Jupiter X Core
jupiterx-core

Landing Page Builder – Lead Page – Optin Page – Squeeze Page – WordPress Landing Pages
page-builder-add

Leyka
leyka

Lock User Account
lock-user-account

Master Addons for Elementor
master-addons

MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education
masterstudy-lms-learning-management-system

Min Max Control – Min Max Quantity & Step Control for WooCommerce
woo-min-max-quantity-step-control-single

Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor
post-and-page-builder

Posts Like Dislike
posts-like-dislike

Premmerce User Roles
premmerce-user-roles

Push Notification for Post and BuddyPress
push-notification-for-post-and-buddypress

ReviewX – Multi-criteria Rating & Reviews for WooCommerce
reviewx

Royal Elementor Addons and Templates
royal-elementor-addons

Save as Image plugin by Pdfcrowd
save-as-image-by-pdfcrowd

Save as PDF plugin by Pdfcrowd
save-as-pdf-by-pdfcrowd

Secure Admin IP
secure-admin-ip

Simple URLs – Link Cloaking, Product Displays, and Affiliate Link Management
simple-urls

Slimstat Analytics
wp-slimstat

Sticky Social Media Icons
sticky-social-media-icons

Translate WordPress with GTranslate
gtranslate

URL Shortify – Simple, Powerful and Easy URL Shortener Plugin For WordPress
url-shortify

Vertical marquee plugin
vertical-marquee-plugin

Void Elementor Post Grid Addon for Elementor Page builder
void-elementor-post-grid-addon-for-elementor-page-builder

WP Adminify – WordPress Dashboard Customization | Custom Login | Admin Columns | Dashboard Widget | Media Library Folders
adminify

WP VK-付费内容插件（付费阅读/资料/工具软件资源管理）
wp-vk

gAppointments – Appointment booking addon for Gravity Forms
gAppointments

iThemes Sync
ithemes-sync

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.

JupiterX Core <= 3.3.5 – Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

JupiterX Core <= 3.3.8 – Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Folders <= 2.9.2 – Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload

Premmerce User Roles <= 1.0.12 – Missing Authorization via role management functions

Master Addons for Elementor <= 2.0.3 – Missing Authorization

MasterStudy LMS <= 3.0.17 – Privilege Escalation

Simple URLs <= 117 – Unauthenticated Cross-Site Scripting

URL Shortify <= 1.7.5 – Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Referrer Header

Collapse-O-Matic <= 1.8.4 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Simple URLs <= 117 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

FTP Access <= 1.0 – Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

gAppointments – Appointment booking addon for Gravity Forms <= 1.9.7 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Min Max Control <= 4.5 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Elements kit Elementor addons <= 2.9.1 – Missing Authorization

FV Flowplayer Video Player <= 7.5.37.7212 – Insufficient Input Validation to Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting and Arbitrary Usermeta Update

Void Elementor Post Grid Addon for Elementor Page builder <= 2.1.10 – Missing Authorization to Review Notice Dismissal

Push Notification for Post and BuddyPress <= 1.63 – Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Admin Notice Dismissal

Hide My WP Ghost <= 5.0.25 – CAPTCHA Bypass in brute_math_authenticate

Posts Like Dislike <= 1.1.1 – Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Setting Reset

Secure Admin IP <= 2.0 – Missing Authorization via ‘saveSettings’

DoLogin Security <= 3.6 – IP Address Spoofing

Vertical Marquee Plugin <= 7.1 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Cookies by JM <= 1.0 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Slimstat Analytics <= 5.0.8 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings

Save as PDF plugin by Pdfcrowd <= 2.16.0 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings

GTranslate <= 3.0.3 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Parameters

WP Adminify <= 3.1.5 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Save as Image plugin by Pdfcrowd <= 2.16.0 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings

Leyka <= 3.30.3 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Landing Page Builder <= 1.5.1.1 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

WP VK-付费内容插件 <= 1.3.3 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via AJions

iThemes Sync <= 2.1.13 – Cross-Site Request Forgery and Missing Authorization via ‘hide_authenticate_notice’

Simple URLs <= 117 – Missing Authorization via AJAX actions

DX-auto-save-images <= 1.4.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

Royal Elementor Addons <= 1.3.75 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

Sticky Social Media Icons <= 2.0 – Missing Authorization via ajax_request_handle

ReviewX <= 1.6.17 – Missing Authorization in rx_coupon_from_submit

Herd Effects <= 5.2.3 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Effect Deletion

Category Slider for WooCommerce <= 1.4.15 – Missing Authorization via notice dismissal functionality

Simple URLs <= 117 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via AJAX actions

Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor <= 1.24.1 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via submitDefaultEditor

Slimstat Analytics <= 5.0.5.1 – Missing Authorization via delete_pageview

Lock User Account <= 1.0.3 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Account Lock/Unlock

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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