Last week, there were 54 vulnerabilities disclosed in 49 WordPress Plugins that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 36 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:
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- WAF-RULE-906 – Data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.
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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 |
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| Patched | 52 |
| Unpatched | 2 |
Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week
| Severity Rating | Number of Vulnerabilities |
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| Medium Severity | 35 |
| High Severity | 14 |
| Critical Severity | 5 |
Total Vulnerabilities by CWE Type Last Week
| Vulnerability Type by CWE | Number of Vulnerabilities |
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| Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’) | 23 |
| Missing Authorization | 7 |
| Improper Control of Generation of Code (‘Code Injection’) | 5 |
| Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (‘Path Traversal’) | 4 |
| Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor | 3 |
| Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key | 2 |
| Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) | 2 |
| Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type | 2 |
| Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | 1 |
| Improper Authorization | 1 |
| Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) | 1 |
| Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’) | 1 |
| Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking | 1 |
| Use of Hard-coded Credentials | 1 |
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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week
| Software Name | Software Slug |
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| Auto Post Scheduler | auto-post-scheduler |
| Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia | ameliabooking |
| Contact Form by Supsystic | contact-form-by-supsystic |
| Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms | contact-form-entries |
| Debugger & Troubleshooter | debugger-troubleshooter |
| ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor | elementskit-lite |
| Everest Forms Pro | everest-forms-pro |
| Export All URLs | export-all-urls |
| Extensions for Leaflet Map | extensions-leaflet-map |
| Gravity SMTP | gravitysmtp |
| Gutenverse – Ultimate WordPress FSE Blocks Addons & Ecosystem | gutenverse |
| Ibtana – WordPress Website Builder | ibtana-visual-editor |
| Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor | kadence-blocks |
| King Addons for Elementor – 80+ Elementor Widgets, 4 000+ Elementor Templates, WooCommerce, Mega Menu, Popup Builder | king-addons |
| Kubio AI Page Builder | kubio |
| LeadConnector | leadconnector |
| Listeo-Core – Directory Plugin by Purethemes | listeo-core |
| Loco Translate | loco-translate |
| Minify HTML | minify-html-markup |
| MSTW League Manager | mstw-league-manager |
| MW WP Form | mw-wp-form |
| Order Notification for WooCommerce – Get Audio Alert on new Orders | woc-order-alert |
| Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress | wp-user-avatar |
| Perfmatters | perfmatters |
| Pie Register – User Registration, Profiles & Content Restriction | pie-register |
| Query Monitor | query-monitor |
| Responsive Plus – Elementor Templates & Starter Sites | responsive-add-ons |
| Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor | royal-elementor-addons |
| Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing | shared-files |
| Simple Membership | simple-membership |
| Simple Shopping Cart | wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart |
| Text to Speech – TTSWP | text-to-speech-tts |
| ThemeREX Addons | trx_addons |
| TrueBooker – Appointment Booking and Scheduler System | truebooker-appointment-booking |
| Ultimate Addons for WPBakery | Ultimate_VC_Addons |
| Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin | ultimate-member |
| User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor | profile-builder |
| Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics | visitors-traffic-real-time-statistics |
| W3 Total Cache | w3-total-cache |
| WCFM – Frontend Manager for WooCommerce | wc-frontend-manager |
| Webmention | webmention |
| Widgets for Social Photo Feed | social-photo-feed-widget |
| WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments | woocommerce-payments |
| WP Lightbox 2 | wp-lightbox-2 |
| WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate | shortcodes-ultimate |
| WP Travel Engine – Tour Booking Plugin – Tour Operator Software | wp-travel-engine |
| wpForo Forum | wpforo |
| WPFunnels – Funnel Builder for WooCommerce with Checkout & One Click Upsell | wpfunnels |
| Xpro Addons — 140+ Widgets for Elementor | xpro-elementor-addons |
Vulnerability Details
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Perfmatters <= 2.5.9.1 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion via ‘delete’ Parameter
Widgets for Social Photo Feed <= 1.7.9 – Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via feed_data
Ultimate Member <= 2.11.1 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via DOM Gadgets
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