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Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 21, 2026 to September 27, 2026)
Last week, there were 319 vulnerabilities disclosed in 222 WordPress Plugins that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 156 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those...
Quarterly WordPress Threat Intelligence Report – Q2 2026
As the leader in WordPress security, Wordfence provides unparalleled security coverage that fully encompasses protection, active monitoring, detection, and response all built around our threat intelligence, demonstrating a strong commitment to security. Our mission is...
Wordfence Bug Bounty Program Monthly Report – June 2026
In June 2026, the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program received 1066 vulnerability submissions from our growing community of security researchers working to improve the overall security posture of the WordPress ecosystem. These submissions are reviewed, triaged, and processed...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 14, 2026 to September 20, 2026)
Last week, there were 358 vulnerabilities disclosed in 243 WordPress Plugins and 4 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 184 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last...
PSA: Critical Unauthenticated Path Traversal Vulnerability Patched in WordPress Core
On September 22, 2026, the WordPress Security Team released WordPress 7.1.2, as well as security backports for every branch back to WordPress 4.7 to address a critical unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability. The issue is tracked as CVE-2026-87902 and has a CVSS...
Inside a Malicious, Stealthy WordPress Must Use Plugin
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team identified an interesting malware sample in mid June during a site clean. The malware was installed as a must-use plugin with several self-healing mechanisms in place in order to survive removal. It also makes use of Etherhiding,...
Wordfence Argus Discovers Critical Vulnerability in libheif, the Library That Opens iPhone Photos on Your Server
On September 1, 2026, the libheif project released version 1.23.3, closing a critical heap buffer overflow that the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, using Wordfence Argus, discovered and reported four days earlier. The libheif maintainer, Dirk Farin, gave it a...
100,000 WordPress Sites Exposed to Remote Code Execution via PHP Object Injection Vulnerability Found by Wordfence Argus in Tutor LMS
On August 23rd, 2026, Wordfence Argus, our AI research agent specializing in complex vulnerability chains, discovered a PHP Object Injection vulnerability in Tutor LMS, a WordPress e-learning plugin active on more than 100,000 websites. This vulnerability allows any...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 7, 2026 to September 13, 2026)
Last week, there were 260 vulnerabilities disclosed in 207 WordPress Plugins that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 147 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those...
Boost Engagement with Free Passkeys by Wordfence
Imagine you can sign in with one click. Now imagine all the users on your WooCommerce store or WordPress powered website can sign in with one click. Firstly it makes your life a lot easier. But more importantly, you’ve removed friction from users logging in to make...