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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 new researchers to our program and earn commissions when they submit valid vulnerabilities. This is a great opportunity...
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 over the holidays and the first week in January. Over the past three weeks, there were 348 vulnerabilities disclosed in...
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. This vulnerability affects Really Simple Security, formerly known as Really Simple SSL, installed on over 4 million...
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, hosting providers and ops teams: Database scanning for WordPress. Now you can scan any WordPress database you have access...
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. So that time has come, and we want to let our free and paid user community know ahead of time. We’re giving you almost a...
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) vulnerabilities—both Reflected and Stored—in any WordPress plugin or theme with at least 1,000 active installations for all researchers....
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 19, 2024 to August 25, 2024)
Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 14th, researchers can earn up to $31,200, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the...
1,000,000 WordPress Sites Protected Against Unique Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in WPML WordPress Plugin
Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 14th, researchers can earn up to $31,200, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 12, 2024 to August 18, 2024)
Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 14th, researchers can earn up to $31,200, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 5, 2024 to August 11, 2024)
Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 14th, researchers can earn up to $31,200, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the...