Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 8, 2024 to January 14, 2024)

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Last week, there were 67 vulnerabilities disclosed in 60 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 29 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:

Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block
WAF-RULE-666 – This is for an undisclosed vulnerability that we are working with the vendor on getting patched.
WAF-RULE-665 – This is for an undisclosed vulnerability that we are working with the vendor on getting patched.

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

Unpatched
12

Patched
55

Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating
Number of Vulnerabilities

Low Severity
1

Medium Severity
54

High Severity
7

Critical Severity
5

Total Vulnerabilities by CWE Type Last Week

Vulnerability Type by CWE
Number of Vulnerabilities

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
20

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’)
19

Missing Authorization
8

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)
4

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
4

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
3

Information Exposure
2

Information Exposure Through Debug Information
1

Exposure of Private Information (‘Privacy Violation’)
1

Use of Less Trusted Source
1

Protection Mechanism Failure
1

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
1

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
1

Improper Access Control
1

Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name
Number of Vulnerabilities

Francesco Carlucci
5

Rafie Muhammad
4

Dave Jong
3

Daniel Ruf
2

Nex Team
2

drop
2

Artem Guzhva (hexcat)
2

Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)
2

Abdi Pranata
2

Brandon James Roldan (tomorrowisnew)
2

Webbernaut
2

Dateoljo of BoB 12th
1

Lucio Sá
1

LVT-tholv2k
1

Le Ngoc Anh
1

Huynh Tien Si
1

Mika
1

Joshua Chan
1

Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT)
1

Akbar Kustirama
1

Yudistira Arya
1

Naveen Muthusamy
1

thiennv
1

Yuchen Ji
1

Dmitrii Ignatyev
1

Rafshanzani Suhada
1

Ulyses Saicha
1

Elliot
1

Nicolas Decayeux
1

 

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name
Software Slug

AI Engine: Chatbots, Generators, Assistants, GPT 4 and more!
ai-engine

ARMember – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup
armember-membership

Advanced Flamingo
advanced-flamingo

Advanced Woo Search
advanced-woo-search

Auto Affiliate Links
wp-auto-affiliate-links

Beds24 Online Booking
beds24-online-booking

Constant Contact Forms by MailMunch
constant-contact-forms-by-mailmunch

Contact Form 7 Connector
ari-cf7-connector

Contact Form 7 Extension For Mailchimp
contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension

Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension
contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension

Customer Reviews for WooCommerce
customer-reviews-woocommerce

Download Monitor
download-monitor

Droit Elementor Addons – Widgets, Blocks, Templates Library For Elementor Builder
droit-elementor-addons

ElementsKit Elementor addons
elementskit-lite

Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers
email-encoder-bundle

Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates
essential-blocks

EventON
eventon-lite

EventON Pro
eventon

Football Pool
football-pool

Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder
formidable

GD Rating System
gd-rating-system

Gallery Plugin for WordPress – Envira Photo Gallery
envira-gallery-lite

Happy Addons for Elementor
happy-elementor-addons

Index Now
mihdan-index-now

InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration
instawp-connect

List category posts
list-category-posts

MailerLite – WooCommerce integration
woo-mailerlite

Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder
metform

Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress
newsletter

OneClick Chat to Order
oneclick-whatsapp-order

Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce
order-import-export-for-woocommerce

PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce
woocommerce-pdf-invoices-packing-slips

POST SMTP – The #1 WordPress SMTP Plugin with Advanced Email Logging and Delivery Failure Notifications
post-smtp

Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions
paid-memberships-pro

Photos and Files Contest Gallery – Contact Form, Upload Form, Social Share and Voting Plugin for WordPress
contest-gallery

Plugin for Google Reviews
widget-google-reviews

Products, Order & Customers Export for WooCommerce
export-woocommerce

Profile Builder Pro
profile-builder-pro

RabbitLoader
rabbit-loader

Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP
schema-and-structured-data-for-wp

Seraphinite Accelerator
seraphinite-accelerator

Seraphinite Alternative Slugs Manager
seraphinite-old-slugs-mgr

Shortcodes Finder
shortcodes-finder

Simple Inventory Management – just scan barcode to manage products and orders. For WooCommerce
barcode-scanner-lite-pos-to-manage-products-inventory-and-orders

Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor)
welcome-email-editor

TNC PDF viewer
pdf-viewer-by-themencode

The Events Calendar
the-events-calendar

Voting Record
voting-record

WP Register Profile With Shortcode
wp-register-profile-with-shortcode

WP SMS – Messaging & SMS Notification for WordPress, WooCommerce, GravityForms, etc
wp-sms

WP Spell Check
wp-spell-check

WP Testimonials
testimonial-widgets

WPS Hide Login
wps-hide-login

WooCommerce
woocommerce

Woocommerce Vietnam Checkout
woo-vietnam-checkout

Word Replacer Pro
word-replacer-ultra

WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons
maxbuttons

WordPress Live Chat Plugin for Elementor – LiveChat
livechat-elementor

WordPress Live Chat Plugin for WooCommerce – LiveChat
livechat-woocommerce

WordPress Manutenção
wp-manutencao

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.

Barcode Scanner with Inventory & Order Manager <= 1.5.1 – Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via uploadFile

Customer Reviews for WooCommerce <= 5.38.9 – Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload

AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot <= 1.9.98 – Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via rest_upload

Barcode Scanner with Inventory & Order Manager <= 1.5.1 – Unauthenticated SQL Injection via userToken

POST SMTP Mailer – Email log, Delivery Failure Notifications and Best Mail SMTP for WordPress <= 2.8.7 – Authorization Bypass via type connect-app API

WP Testimonials <= 1.4.4 – Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection

WP Register Profile With Shortcode <= 3.5.9 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to User Password Reset

Profile Builder Pro <= 3.10.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

Download Monitor <= 4.9.4 – Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection

Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce <= 2.4.3 – Authenticated (Shop Manager+) Arbitrary File Upload via upload_import_file

PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce <= 3.7.5 – Authenticated (Shop Manager+) SQL Injection

Index Now <= 2.6.3 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via reset_form

EventON – WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin Pro <= 4.5.4 & Free <= 2.2.7 – Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Meta Update via evo_eventpost_update_meta

List category posts <= 0.89.3 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

EventON – WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin <= 4.5.4 (Pro) & <= 2.2.8 (Free) – Cross-Site Request Forgery via save_virtual_event_settings

Profile Builder Pro <= 3.10.0 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Time-Based One-Time Password Sensitive Information Exposure

Word Replacer Pro <= 1.0 – Missing Authorization

GD Rating System <= 3.5.0 – Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via IP

EventON – WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin Pro <= 4.5.4 & Free <= 2.2.7 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via evo_eventpost_update_meta

Formidable Forms <= 6.7 – HTML Injection

Happy Elementor Addons <= 3.10.0 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Voting Record <= 2.0 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

OneClick Chat to Order <= 1.0.5 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Beds24 Online Booking <= 2.0.23 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

TNC PDF viewer <= 2.8.0 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Constant Contact Forms by MailMunch <= 2.0.11 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Plugin for Google Reviews <= 3.1 – Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode

WP SMS <= 6.5.1 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers <= 2.1.9 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates <= 4.4.6 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Football pool <= 2.11.3 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

ARMember <= 4.0.22 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

WooCommerce < 8.4.0 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Profile Builder Pro <= 3.10.0 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Shortcodes Finder <= 1.5.4 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Advanced Woo Search <= 2.96 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Voting Record <= 2.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update and Cross-Site Scripting

Auto Affiliate Links <= 6.4.2.7 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.8.1 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP <= 1.25 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

RabbitLoader <= 2.19.13 – Missing Authorization via multiple AJAX actions

MailerLite – WooCommerce integration <= 2.0.8 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via Multiple AJAX Functions

Contact Form 7 Extension For Mailchimp <= 0.5.70 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery

Paid Memberships Pro <= 2.12.6 – Information Exposure in Debug Logs

Seraphinite Accelerator <= 2.20.45 – Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File

WordPress Manutenção <= 1.0.6 – IP Spoofing to Maintenance Mode Bypass

The Events Calendar <= 6.2.8.2 – Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure

ElementsKit Lite <= 3.0.3 – Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure

Newsletter <= 8.0.6 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

Contest Gallery <= 21.2.8.4 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

Formidable Forms <= 6.7 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Woocommerce Vietnam Checkout <= 2.0.8 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons <= 9.7.4 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Swift SMTP <= 5.0.6 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

LiveChat Elementor <= 1.0.13 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

Envira Gallery Lite <= 1.8.7.2 – Missing Authorization to Gallery Modification via envira_gallery_insert_images

InstaWP Connect <= 0.1.0.8 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via create_file_db_manager

Seraphinite Alternative Slugs Manager <= 1.3 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

MailerLite – WooCommerce integration <= 2.0.8 – Missing Authorization via Multiple Functions

LiveChat WooCommerce <= 2.2.16 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

Advanced Flamingo <= 1.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

WP Spell Check <= 9.17 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension <= 4.1.0 – Insecure Direct Object Reference

Contact Form 7 Connector <= 1.2.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

Products & Order Export for WooCommerce <= 2.0.7 – Missing Authorization

Droit Elementor Addons <= 3.1.5 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

WPS Hide Login <= 1.9.11 – Hidden Login Page Location Disclosure

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 using our CVE Request form, and by monitoring varying sources to capture all publicly available WordPress vulnerability information and adding additional context where we can.

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