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PSA: WordPress Core Patched Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Chain
On July 17, 2026, the WordPress Security Team released updates to WordPress core addressing two security vulnerabilities. The first is an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-60137, while the second can be chained with the SQL injection...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 6, 2026 to July 12, 2026)
Last week, there were 267 vulnerabilities disclosed in 222 WordPress Plugins and 6 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 136 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 29, 2026 to July 5, 2026)
Last week, there were 246 vulnerabilities disclosed in 179 WordPress Plugins and 40 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 100 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 22, 2026 to June 28, 2026)
Last week, there were 199 vulnerabilities disclosed in 169 WordPress Plugins and 9 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 111 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 15, 2026 to June 21, 2026)
Last week, there were 146 vulnerabilities disclosed in 127 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress Theme that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 85 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week....
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 8, 2026 to June 14, 2026)
Last week, there were 102 vulnerabilities disclosed in 90 WordPress Plugins and 5 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 68 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week....
Critical Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability Patched in Avada Builder WordPress Plugin
On May 13th, 2026, we received a submission for a critical Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability in Avada Builder, a premium WordPress plugin with an estimated 1,000,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated...
Attackers Actively Exploiting Sensitive Information Exposure Vulnerability in Gravity SMTP Plugin
On March 30th, 2026, we publicly disclosed a Sensitive Information Exposure vulnerability in Gravity SMTP, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 100,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged by unauthenticated attackers to retrieve detailed system...
PSA: Supply Chain Compromise Targets ShapedPlugin, Backdoored Pro Plugins Distributed via Official Channels
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team was notified on June 11th, 2026 of a potential supply chain compromise affecting ShapedPlugin, a WordPress plugin vendor with over 400,000 active free plugin installations. Fortunately, Wordfence customers have already had...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 1, 2026 to June 7, 2026)
Last week, there were 159 vulnerabilities disclosed in 140 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 96 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week....