The 2024 WordPress security landscape saw significant changes, with new Bug Bounty Programs such as Wordfence’s creating opportunities for numerous...
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Use Genuine Wordfence and Stay Secure, Stay Supported, and Avoid Malware, Vulnerabilities and Backdoors
Genuine Wordfence is only available on Wordfence.com or from the WordPress Plugin Repository. Given our popularity and excellent reputation, there...
Enhancing the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program: New Incentives & a Stronger Focus on High-Impact Research
Last year was a year of growth and refinement for the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team. In December of 2023, we launched our Bug Bounty Program,...
30,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk WordPress Plugin
On December 7th, 2024, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk, a WordPress...
Wordfence Bug Bounty Researchers: Unlock More Earning Potential With New “Refer A Researcher” Program
Today, we at Wordfence are excited to announce a groundbreaking addition to our Wordfence Bug Bounty Program: the Refer-A-Researcher Program! Refer...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (December 16, 2024 to January 5, 2025)
Special Note: This weeks Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report is an extended edition to cover the last few weeks in December...
4,000,000 WordPress Sites Using Really Simple Security Free and Pro Versions Affected by Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Introductory Note: This is one of the more serious vulnerabilities that we have reported on in our 12 year history as a security provider for...
WordPress Database Scanning For Malware Released in Wordfence CLI 5.0.1
Today we’re excited to announce the recent release of Wordfence CLI version 5.0.1 which includes a much requested feature from security analysts,...
Wordfence Price Increases Coming December 5th, 2024
We haven’t raised our prices in a relatively high inflation environment in 2 years, and in the case of Wordfence Care and Response, for 2.5 years....
WordPress XSSplorer Challenge: An Expanded Scope for All Researchers in the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program
From now through October 7th, 2024, we are expanding the scope of our Bug Bounty Program to include all Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)...