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Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Apr 17, 2023 to Apr 23, 2023)
Last week, there were 152 vulnerabilities disclosed in 134 WordPress Plugins and 0 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 41 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week....
Multiple Vulnerabilities Patched in Shield Security
On March 20, 2023, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team began the responsible disclosure process for two vulnerabilities in Shield Security, a security plugin with over 50,000 installations. One of these vulnerabilities allowed unauthenticated attackers to inject...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Apr 10, 2023 to Apr 16, 2023)
Last week, there were 69 vulnerabilities disclosed in 60 WordPress plugins and 4 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 32 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week....
Blubrry Addresses Authenticated Stored XSS Vulnerability in PowerPress WordPress Plugin
On April 5, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blubrry’s PowerPress plugin, which is actively installed on more than 50,000 WordPress websites....
Hiding in Plain Sight: Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities Patched in Weaver Products
On March 14, 2023, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for 2 nearly identical Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities in the Weaver Xtreme theme and the Weaver Show Posts plugin, which each have over 10,000 installations....
Post Action Report: Bad Firewall Rule Released to WPEngine Customers Wednesday
On Wednesday afternoon a small percentage of WPEngine websites using a paid version of Wordfence experienced a 500 Internal Server Error or white screen on their sites due to an erroneous firewall rule that we released. If you have experienced this issue, please check...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Apr 3, 2023 to Apr 9, 2023)
Last week, there were 97 vulnerabilities disclosed in 63 WordPress Plugins and 5 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 28 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week....
Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Patched Promptly in WP Data Access WordPress Plugin
On April 5, 2023 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for a vulnerability we discovered in WP Data Access, a WordPress plugin that is installed on over 10,000 sites. This flaw makes it possible for an authenticated...
Update Now! Severe Vulnerability Impacting 600,000 Sites Patched in Limit Login Attempts
On January 26, 2023, the Wordfence team responsibly disclosed an unauthenticated stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Limit Login Attempts, a WordPress plugin installed on over 600,000 sites that provides site owners with the ability to block IP addresses that...
Friday Long Read: What To Do About AI
This is a Friday long-read, so grab a warm cup of something and kick back because we’re going to take our time on this. The world is about to profoundly change. I know you’re nervous – perhaps excited and optimistic, but if you’ve been paying attention and have been...