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Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 27, 2026 to May 3, 2026)
Last week, there were 87 vulnerabilities disclosed in 198 WordPress Plugins and 5 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 60 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week....
Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability Patched in Slider Revolution 7 WordPress Plugin
On April 18th, 2026, we received a submission for an Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Slider Revolution, a WordPress plugin. Although the plugin has more than 5,000,000 active installations, we estimate that only around 45,000 sites are using a...
Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Breeze Cache Plugin
On April 22nd, 2026, we publicly disclosed a critical Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Breeze Cache, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 400,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged by unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files,...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 20, 2026 to April 26, 2026)
Last week, there were 157 vulnerabilities disclosed in 122 WordPress Plugins and 27 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 69 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 13, 2026 to April 19, 2026)
Last week, there were 139 vulnerabilities disclosed in 116 WordPress Plugins and 10 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 84 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last...
Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Ninja Forms – File Upload Plugin
On April 6th, 2026, we publicly disclosed a critical Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Ninja Forms – File Upload, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 50,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged by unauthenticated attackers to upload...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 6, 2026 to April 12, 2026)
Last week, there were 153 vulnerabilities disclosed in 117 WordPress Plugins and 23 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 74 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last...
Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Kali Forms Plugin
On March 2nd, 2026, we received a submission through our Bug Bounty Program for a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Kali Forms, a WordPress plugin with more than 10,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to...
The Increasing Role of AI in Vulnerability Research
At Wordfence, we run a bug bounty program that pays out mid-six figures per year to researchers in bug bounties for WordPress related vulnerabilities. Funding this research helps us improve security for the WordPress community overall, and helps us secure our...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (March 30, 2026 to April 5, 2026)
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...