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The Wordfence 2023 State of WordPress Security Report
Today, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team is releasing our 2023 State of WordPress Security Report as a free White Paper. In our report, we look at changes in the threat landscape, analyze impactful trends, and provide recommendations based on our findings. While most of our recommendations remain consistent with prior years, there were some surprising …
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The WordPress 6.4.3 Security Update – What You Need to Know
Today, January 30, 2024, WordPress released version 6.4.3, which contains two security patches for longstanding, albeit minor, security concerns in WordPress Core.
$1,275 Bounty Awarded For Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability Patched in MW WP Form WordPress Plugin
🎉 Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again?
Wordfence Researcher Featured on Critical Thinking Podcast: Sharing Advanced WordPress Bug Bounty Tips and Tricks
🎉 Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again?
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 15, 2024 to January 21, 2024)
🎉 Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again?
High Severity Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability Patched in File Manager Pro WordPress Plugin
On December 14th, 2023, shortly after the launch of our Holiday Bug Extravaganza, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in File Manager Pro, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 10,000+ active installations.
Our Bug Bounty Program Extravaganza is Back and it’s Longer This Time – Earn up to $10,000 for Vulnerabilities in WordPress Software!
At Wordfence our mission is to Secure The Web. WordPress powers over 40% of the Web, and Wordfence secures over 4 million WordPress websites.
Introducing Wordfence CLI 3.0.1: Now With Automatic Remediation!
Note: This post refers to Wordfence CLI, the command line tool for operations teams to rapidly scan large numbers of WordPress websites for vulnerabilities and malware, not the Wordfence plugin which is deeply integrated into WordPress and provides additional functionality, like a firewall, two-factor authentication and more.
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 8, 2024 to January 14, 2024)
🎉Wordfence just launched its bug bounty program. For the first 6 months, all awarded bounties receive a 10% bonus.
Website Takeover Campaign Takes Advantage of Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Popup Builder Plugin
On December 11, 2023, we added an Unauthenticated Stored XSS vulnerability in the Popup Builder WordPress plugin to our Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database.
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