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6,000,000 WordPress Sites Protected Against Payment Refund and Subscription Cancellation Vulnerability in WPForms WordPress Plugin
On October 23th, 2024, we received a submission for a Missing Authorization to Payment Refund and Subscription Cancellation vulnerability in WPForms, a WordPress plugin with more than 6,000,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an authenticated attacker, with subscriber-level access and above, to refund Stripe payments and cancel Stripe subscriptions.
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (November 25, 2024 to December 1, 2024)
💥 Time to wrap up this year and kick-off the new year with a bang!
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (November 18, 2024 to November 24, 2024)
🦸 💥 Calling all superheroes and hunters! Introducing the End of Year Holiday Extravaganza and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program!
200,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Unauthenticated Critical Vulnerabilities in Anti-Spam by CleanTalk WordPress Plugin
200,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Unauthenticated Critical Vulnerabilities in Anti-Spam by CleanTalk WordPress Plugin
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (November 11, 2024 to November 17, 2024)
🦸 💥 Calling all superheroes and hunters! Introducing the End of Year Holiday Extravaganza and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program!
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (November 4, 2024 to November 10, 2024)
🦸 💥 Calling all superheroes and hunters! Introducing the End of Year Holiday Extravaganza and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program!
4,000,000 WordPress Sites Using Really Simple Security Free and Pro Versions Affected by Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
On November 6th, 2024, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in the Really Simple Security plugin, and in the Really Simple Security Pro and Pro Multisite plugins, which are actively installed on more than 4,000,000 WordPress websites.
Wrap Up the Year with the Biggest Scope and Rewards Yet: Join the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program End of Year Holiday Extravaganza!
The holidays are here, and so is your chance to earn big while helping secure the WordPress ecosystem!
WordPress Database Scanning For Malware Released in Wordfence CLI 5.0.1
Today we’re excited to announce the recent release of Wordfence CLI version 5.0.1 Now you can scan any WordPress database you have access to for malware and spamvertising with the new db-scan feature.
28,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Read and Deletion Vulnerability in WPLMS WordPress Theme
On October 19th, 2024, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Read and Deletion vulnerability in WPLMS, a WordPress premium theme with more than 28,000 sales.
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