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Wordfence Argus Finds Critical Authentication Bypass in WPMU DEV Dashboard Plugin
On August 19th, 2026, during internal research, I discovered an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in WPMU DEV Dashboard, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 350,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 17, 2026 to August 23, 2026)
Last week, there were 240 vulnerabilities disclosed in 184 WordPress Plugins and 17 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 105 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last...
Wordfence Argus Finds Complex 6 Step Critical RCE in Avada Theme with 1 Million Sales
A year ago we wrote that we’d put AI to work across the whole company, turning everyone on the team into a capable AI operator so our defenders could stay ahead of the threat actors attacking the sites we protect. In April we showed where it was heading: in the space...
400,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Account Takeover Vulnerability in TranslatePress WordPress Plugin
On August 11th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Account Takeover vulnerability in TranslatePress, a WordPress plugin with more than 400,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain an...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 10, 2026 to August 16, 2026)
Last week, there were 259 vulnerabilities disclosed in 199 WordPress Plugins and 5 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 142 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last...
100,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Pods WordPress Plugin
On August 10th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Pods, a WordPress plugin with more than 100,000 active installations. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges to...
Critical Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability Patched in Elementor Pro WordPress Plugin
On July 24th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Elementor Pro, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 6,000,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload...
600,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in Forminator Forms WordPress Plugin
40,000 WordPress Sites affected by Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in User Profile Builder WordPress Plugin
On July 14th, 2026, we received a submission for an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in User Profile Builder, a WordPress plugin with more than 40,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as the user...
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 3, 2026 to August 9, 2026)
Last week, there were 249 vulnerabilities disclosed in 197 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 136 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last...