Swift Insights

The Wordfence team is excited to announce the official launch of the Wordfence Vulnerability Management Portal, the latest addition to the Wordfence Intelligence suite. This new interface is designed to improve and simplify the vulnerability disclosure process between...

On May 2nd, 2025 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team added a new critical vulnerability to the Wordfence Intelligence vulnerability database in the OttoKit: All-in-One Automation Platform (Formerly SureTriggers) plugin publicly disclosed by a third-party CNA on...

On April 8th, 2024, we released our 2024 Annual WordPress Security Report, highlighting key trends and insights across the evolving landscape of WordPress security. Today, we want to shine a spotlight on Wordfence’s contributions through our Bug Bounty Program, and...

The 2024 WordPress security landscape saw significant changes, with new Bug Bounty Programs such as Wordfence’s creating opportunities for numerous researchers to earn a sustainable income by examining WordPress software. Despite another record year for disclosed...

Genuine Wordfence is only available on Wordfence.com or from the WordPress Plugin Repository. Given our popularity and excellent reputation, there are unfortunately quite a few nulled or counterfeit versions of Wordfence, and plugins that modify Wordfence in the wild....

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, rewarding security researchers for identifying and reporting in-scope vulnerabilities to further our mission of Securing...

On December 7th, 2024, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk, a WordPress plugin with more than 30,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker...

Today, we at Wordfence are excited to announce a groundbreaking addition to our Wordfence Bug Bounty Program: the Refer-A-Researcher Program! Refer new researchers to our program and earn commissions when they submit valid vulnerabilities. This is a great opportunity...

Special Note: This weeks Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report is an extended edition to cover the last few weeks in December over the holidays and the first week in January. Over the past three weeks, there were 348 vulnerabilities disclosed in...