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Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture Plugin
Wordfence Argus Identifies Two Critical Unauthenticated Vulnerability Chains Leading to Remote Code Execution in The Events Calendar Plugin
On August 21 and August 22, 2026, Wordfence Argus, created by the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, identified two independent critical vulnerability chains in The Events Calendar, a WordPress plugin active on more than 600,000 websites. Both chains begin in the...
Wordfence Bug Bounty Program Monthly Report – May 2026
In May 2026, the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program received 1095 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 (August 31, 2026 to September 6, 2026)
Last week, there were 277 vulnerabilities disclosed in 187 WordPress Plugins and 7 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 153 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 24, 2026 to August 30, 2026)
Last week, there were 246 vulnerabilities disclosed in 174 WordPress Plugins and 5 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 121 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last...
Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Super Forms Plugin
Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Elementor Pro Plugin
On August 19th, 2026, we publicly disclosed a critical Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Elementor Pro, a WordPress plugin with more than 6,000,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged by unauthenticated attackers to upload...
Wordfence Argus Finds Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in Gravity Forms
On August 9th, 2026, Wordfence Argus, created by the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, discovered an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Gravity Forms, a WordPress plugin estimated to have more than one million active installations. This high-severity...
5 Million WordPress Sites Affected by SQL Injection Vulnerability in All-in-One WP Migration and Backup WordPress Plugin
On August 14th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Second-Order SQL Injection vulnerability in All-in-One WP Migration and Backup, a WordPress plugin with more than 5 million active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for...
Wordfence Argus: Moving Beyond Human Research Capability
When you create an AI agent that makes a breakthrough that is so difficult to understand that you need to ask it to write a blog post to explain it to you, you know you’re on to something. If you’re paying attention, you should have noticed that the major...