Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (February 26, 2024 to March 3, 2024)

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Last week, there were 119 vulnerabilities disclosed in 85 WordPress Plugins and 3 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 44 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to ensure your site is not affected.

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New Firewall Rules Deployed Last Week

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team reviews each vulnerability to determine impact and severity, along with assessing the likelihood of exploitation, to verify that the Wordfence Firewall provides sufficient protection.

The team rolled out enhanced protection via firewall rules for the following vulnerabilities in real-time to our Premium, Care, and Response customers last week:

WAF-RULE-681 – Data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.

Wordfence Premium, Care, and Response customers received this protection immediately, while users still running the free version of Wordfence will receive this enhanced protection after a 30 day delay.

Total Unpatched & Patched Vulnerabilities Last Week

Patch Status
Number of Vulnerabilities

Patched
69

Unpatched
50

Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating
Number of Vulnerabilities

Medium Severity
104

High Severity
12

Critical Severity
3

Total Vulnerabilities by CWE Type Last Week

Vulnerability Type by CWE
Number of Vulnerabilities

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’)
33

Missing Authorization
23

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
21

Improper Access Control
9

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
9

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)
6

Information Exposure
4

Protection Mechanism Failure
3

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
3

Incorrect Authorization
2

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
1

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
1

Deserialization of Untrusted Data
1

Improper Control of Generation of Code (‘Code Injection’)
1

Improper Input Validation
1

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
1

Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name
Number of Vulnerabilities

35

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4

4

3

2

2

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1

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1

1

1

1

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1

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1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name
Software Slug

Adsmonetizer

adsensei-b30

Advanced iFrame

advanced-iframe

AI Engine

ai-engine

ArtiBot Free Chat Bot for WordPress WebSites

artibot

AWeber – Free Sign Up Form and Landing Page Builder Plugin for Lead Generation and Email Newsletter Growth

aweber-web-form-widget

Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder

beaver-builder-lite-version

Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia

ameliabooking

Bulk Edit Post Titles

bulk-edit-post-titles

Calculated Fields Form

calculated-fields-form

Categorify – WordPress Media Library Category & File Manager

categorify

Chat Bubble – Floating Chat with Contact Chat Icons, Messages, Telegram, Email, SMS, Call me back

chat-bubble

CodeMirror Blocks

wp-codemirror-block

Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode

responsive-coming-soon

Comments Extra Fields For Post,Pages and CPT

wp-comment-fields

Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent

complianz-gdpr

Configure SMTP

configure-smtp

Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on

contact-form-7-paypal-add-on

Conversios – Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Meta Pixel & more Via Google Tag Manager For WooCommerce

enhanced-e-commerce-for-woocommerce-store

Custom Field Suite

custom-field-suite

Custom fields shortcode

custom-fields-shortcode

Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan

antihacker

Download Manager

download-manager

Download Media

download-media

Duitku Payment Gateway

duitku-social-payment-gateway

Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button

wp-ecommerce-paypal

Ebook Store

ebook-store

Elementor Website Builder Pro

elementor-pro

Envo’s Elementor Templates & Widgets for WooCommerce

envo-elementor-for-woocommerce

Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates

essential-blocks

Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!

events-manager

Exclusive Addons for Elementor

exclusive-addons-for-elementor

Finale Lite – Sales Countdown Timer & Discount for WooCommerce

finale-woocommerce-sales-countdown-timer-discount

Fontific | Google Fonts

fontific

Friends

friends

GenerateBlocks

generateblocks

Gestpay for WooCommerce

gestpay-for-woocommerce

Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress – Get More Website Traffic, Email Subscribers, and Social Followers

rafflepress

Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks – Page Builder Features

kadence-blocks

Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv

sirv

LifterLMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for eLearning

lifterlms

LiteSpeed Cache

litespeed-cache

Login as User or Customer

login-as-customer-or-user

MainWP Dashboard – WordPress Manager for Multiple Websites Maintenance

mainwp

Marketing Optimizer

marketing-optimizer

Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider

master-slider

Media Alt Renamer

media-alt-renamer

Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid

wpvivid-backuprestore

Nextend Social Login and Register

nextend-facebook-connect

NextMove Lite – Thank You Page for WooCommerce

woo-thank-you-page-nextmove-lite

NotificationX – Best FOMO, Social Proof, WooCommerce Sales Popup & Notification Bar Plugin With Elementor

notificationx

Oliver POS – A WooCommerce Point of Sale (POS)

oliver-pos

Orbit Fox by ThemeIsle

themeisle-companion

Page Duplicator

wp-page-duplicator

Page Restrict

pagerestrict

Page Restriction WordPress (WP) – Protect WP Pages/Post

page-and-post-restriction

PayU India – Official Plugin

payu-india

postMash – custom post order

postmash

Premium Addons for Elementor

premium-addons-for-elementor

Redirects

redirects

Restaurant Solutions – Checklist

restaurant-solutions-checklist

Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection

restrict-user-access

Rolo Slider

rolo-slider

Seraphinite Accelerator

seraphinite-accelerator

Simple Tweet

simple-tweet

Slider Responsive Slideshow – Image slider, Gallery slideshow

slider-responsive-slideshow

Slivery Extender

slivery-extender

SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce

sms-alert

SoundCloud Shortcode

soundcloud-shortcode

Tainacan

tainacan

Thank You Page Customizer for WooCommerce – Increase Your Sales

woo-thank-you-page-customizer

Ultimate Bootstrap Elements for Elementor

ultimate-bootstrap-elements-for-elementor

Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax

coming-soon-maintenance-mode-from-acurax

User Shortcodes Plus

user-shortcodes-plus

Visual Composer Website Builder, Landing Page Builder, Custom Theme Builder, Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon Pages

visualcomposer

Watermark RELOADED

watermark-reloaded

WooCommerce Coupon Popup, SmartBar, Slide In | MyShopKit

myshopkit-popup-smartbar-slidein

WordPress Access Control

wordpress-access-control

WP eCommerce

wp-e-commerce

WP Private Content Plus

wp-private-content-plus

WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate

shortcodes-ultimate

WP Show Posts

wp-show-posts

Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter

wp-social

WP Social Widget

wp-social-widget

WPvivid Backup for MainWP

wpvivid-backup-mainwp

蜜蜂采集-BeePress 微信公众号今日头条知乎专栏简书等平台文章采集插件

beepress

WordPress Themes with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name
Software Slug

Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce

fusion-builder

Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce

Avada

Yuki

yuki

Vulnerability Details

Please note that if you run the Wordfence plugin on your WordPress site, with the scanner enabled, you should’ve already been notified if your site was affected by any of these vulnerabilities. If you’d like to receive real-time notifications whenever a vulnerability is added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, check out our Slack and HTTP Webhook Integration, which is completely free to utilize.

As a reminder, Wordfence has curated an industry leading vulnerability database with all known WordPress core, theme, and plugin vulnerabilities known as Wordfence Intelligence.

This database is continuously updated, maintained, and populated by Wordfence’s highly credentialed and experienced vulnerability researchers through in-house vulnerability research, vulnerability researchers submitting directly to us through our Bug Bounty Program, and by monitoring varying sources to capture all publicly available WordPress vulnerability information and adding additional context where we can.

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