Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 1, 2023 to May 7, 2023)

Last week, there were 58 vulnerabilities disclosed in 43 WordPress Plugins and 3 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 27 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:

Easy Digital Downloads 3.1 – 3.1.1.4.1 – Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset to Privilege Escalation

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
14

Patched
44

Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating
Number of Vulnerabilities

Low Severity
1

Medium Severity
48

High Severity
8

Critical Severity
1

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’)
31

Missing Authorization
9

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
5

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)
3

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
2

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (‘Path Traversal’)
2

Improper Authentication
1

Information Exposure
1

Unverified Password Change
1

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (‘Open Redirect’)
1

Deserialization of Untrusted Data
1

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
1

Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name
Number of Vulnerabilities

Dave Jong
7

Lana Codes
7

yuyudhn
4

Le Ngoc Anh
3

Mika
3

Rafie Muhammad
3

Junsu Yeo
2

Erwan LR
2

LEE SE HYOUNG
2

Chien Vuong
2

deokhunKim
2

Alex Sanford
2

Fioravante Souza
1

Nguyen Xuan Chien
1

Ivan Kuzymchak
1

Yash Kanchhal
1

WPScanTeam
1

Sanjay Das
1

Marco Wotschka
1

Taurus Omar
1

Nguyen Anh Tien
1

Suprit S Pandurangi
1

Skalucy
1

Ramuel Gall
1

thiennv
1

Phd
1

Pablo Sanchez
1

 

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name
Software Slug

Add to Feedly
add-to-feedly

Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)
advanced-custom-fields

Advanced Custom Fields Pro
advanced-custom-fields-pro

Advanced Woo Search
advanced-woo-search

Albo Pretorio On line
albo-pretorio-on-line

AnyWhere Elementor
anywhere-elementor

CM Pop-Up banners for WordPress
cm-pop-up-banners

Community by PeepSo – Social Network, Membership, Registration, User Profiles
peepso-core

Contact Form 7 extension for Google Map fields
cf7-google-map

Cryptocurrency Payment & Donation Box – Accept Payments in any Cryptocurrency on your WP Site for Free
cryptocurrency-donation-box

Custom 404 Pro
custom-404-pro

DX Delete Attached Media
dx-delete-attached-media

Easy Appointments
easy-appointments

Easy Digital Downloads – Simple eCommerce for Selling Digital Files
easy-digital-downloads

FV Flowplayer Video Player
fv-wordpress-flowplayer

Fast & Effective Popups & Lead-Generation for WordPress – HollerBox
holler-box

Hostel
hostel

Image Optimizer by 10web – Image Optimizer and Compression plugin
image-optimizer-wd

Library Viewer
library-viewer

Login rebuilder
login-rebuilder

Loginizer
loginizer

Manager for Icomoon
manager-for-icomoon

Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder – Flexible and Design-Friendly Contact Form builder plugin for WordPress
metform

Multi Rating
multi-rating

Newsletter Popup
newsletter-popup

OSM – OpenStreetMap
osm

Otter – Gutenberg Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE
otter-blocks

Participants Database
participants-database

Photo Gallery by Ays – Responsive Image Gallery
gallery-photo-gallery

Product Addons & Fields for WooCommerce
woocommerce-product-addon

Spiffy Calendar
spiffy-calendar

TK Google Fonts GDPR Compliant
tk-google-fonts

TP Education
tp-education

UserAgent-Spy
useragent-spy

WOLF – WordPress Posts Bulk Editor and Manager Professional
bulk-editor

WP Directory Kit
wpdirectorykit

WP Docs
wp-docs

WP EasyPay – Square for WordPress
wp-easy-pay

WP Fastest Cache
wp-fastest-cache

WP Job Portal – A Complete Job Board
wp-job-portal

WP-FormAssembly
formassembly-web-forms

WPO365 | Mail Integration for Office 365 / Outlook
mail-integration-365

WPPizza – A Restaurant Plugin
wppizza

WordPress Themes with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name
Software Slug

Editorialmag
editorialmag

JupiterX
jupiterx

TheGem
thegem

Vulnerability Details

Easy Digital Downloads 3.1 – 3.1.1.4.1 – Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset to Privilege Escalation

Otter – Gutenberg Blocks <= 2.2.5 – Authenticated (Author+) PHAR Deserialization

CM Pop-Up banners <= 1.5.10 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via getStatistics

AnyWhere Elementor <= 1.2.7 – Sensitive Information Exposure

JupiterX Theme <= 3.0.0 – Authenticated Local File Inclusion via print_pane

TK Google Fonts GDPR Compliant <= 2.2.7 – Authorization Bypass

Newsletter Popup <= 1.2 – Unauthenticted Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ‘nl_data’

Cryptocurrency Donation Box – Bitcoin & Crypto Donations <= 2.2.5 – Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection

Contact Form 7 extension for Google Map fields <= 1.8.3 – Stored Cross-Site Scripting

HollerBox <= 2.1.3 – Authenticated (edit_popups+) SQL Injection

Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.3.0 – Missing Authorization

WP Directory Kit <= 1.2.2 – Missing Authorization to Plugin Installation, Settings Change/Delete, Demo Import, Directory Kit Deletion via wdk_public_action

WP Fastest Cache <= 1.1.4 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Blind Server Side Request Forgery via check_url

WOLF <= 1.0.6 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpbe_update_page_field

OSM – OpenStreetMap <= 6.1 – Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode

Library Viewer <= 2.0.6 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Manager for Icomoon <= 2.0 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

TP Education <= 4.4 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes

TheGem < 5.8.1.1 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

TheGem < 5.8.1.1 – Missing Authorization

TheGem < 5.8.1.1 – Improper Authentication

Easy Appointments <= 3.11.9 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via multiple AJAX actions

Editorialmag <= 1.1.9 – Missing Authorization to Authenticated Plugin Activation

WPO365 | Mail Integration for Office 365 / Outlook <= 1.9.0 – reflected Cross-Site Scripting via error_description

WPPizza <= 3.17.1 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Loginizer <= 1.7.8 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ‘limit_session[count]’

Custom 404 Pro <= 3.7.2 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ‘s’

WP Docs <= 1.9.9 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

FV Flowplayer Video Player <= 7.5.32.7212 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via id

Albo Pretorio Online <= 4.6.3 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Advanced Custom Fields PRO <= 6.1.5 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ‘post_status’

PPOM for WooCommerce <= 32.0.6 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Photo Gallery by Ays <= 5.1.3 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ays_gpg_settings_tab

Albo Pretorio Online <= 4.6.3 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Advanced Custom Fields <= 6.1.5 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ‘post_status’

WP EasyPay <= 4.0.4 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

TheGem < 5.8.1.1 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Participants Database <= 2.4.9 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via _process_general

Library Viewer <= 2.0.6 – Open Redirect via ‘redirect_to’

Community by PeepSo <= 6.0.9.0 – Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure

WP Job Portal <= 1.1.9 – Missing Authorization to Settings Modification

Multi Rating <= 5.0.6 – Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Ratings Value Change

WP-FormAssembly <= 2.0.8 – Limited Server Side Request Forgery via ‘formassembly’ shortcode

Spiffy Calendar <= 4.9.3 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via page parameter

Add to Feedly <= 1.2.11 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings

Advanced Woo Search <= 2.77 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

UserAgent-Spy <= 1.3.1 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings

Multi Rating <= 5.0.6 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings

Login rebuilder <= 2.8.0 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

PPOM for WooCommerce <= 32.0.5 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings

Participants Database <= 2.4.9 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings

Hostel <= 1.1.5.1 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Manage Bookings

Newsletter Popup <= 1.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Record Deletion

DX Delete Attached Media <= 2.0.2 – Missing Authorization to Settings Update

Multi Rating <= 5.0.6 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Ratings Value Change

WP Job Portal <= 1.1.9 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Modification

WOLF <= 1.0.6 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via wpbe_update_page_field

Image Optimizer by 10web <= 1.0.26 – Authenticated(Administator+) Directory Traversal

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