Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (February 19, 2024 to February 25, 2024)
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Last week, there were 88 vulnerabilities disclosed in 62 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress Theme that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 37 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:
- Addon Library <= 1.3.76 – Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload
- Bricks <= 1.9.6 – Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via queryEditor – Extended Protection
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 |
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| Patched | 73 |
| Unpatched | 15 |
Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week
| Severity Rating | Number of Vulnerabilities |
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| Low Severity | 1 |
| Medium Severity | 73 |
| High Severity | 12 |
| Critical Severity | 2 |
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') | 39 |
| Missing Authorization | 15 |
| Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | 14 |
| Improper Access Control | 6 |
| Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor | 3 |
| Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') | 3 |
| Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') | 2 |
| Deserialization of Untrusted Data | 1 |
| Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') | 1 |
| Improper Privilege Management | 1 |
| Plaintext Storage of a Password | 1 |
| Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) | 1 |
| Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type | 1 |
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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week
| Software Name | Software Slug |
|---|---|
| 3D FlipBook – PDF Embedder, PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery | interactive-3d-flipbook-powered-physics-engine |
| Academy LMS | academy |
| Addon Elements for Elementor (formerly Elementor Addon Elements) | addon-elements-for-elementor-page-builder |
| Addon Library | addon-library |
| Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7 | admin-side-data-storage-for-contact-form-7 |
| Advanced Social Feeds Widget & Shortcode | advanced-facebook-twitter-widget |
| Archivist – Custom Archive Templates | archivist-custom-archive-templates |
| Backup Bolt | backup-bolt |
| BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin | backwpup |
| Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder | beaver-builder-lite-version |
| Brizy – Page Builder | brizy |
| Buttonizer – Social Media Share Buttons, Social Icons, & Social Feeds | facebook-pagelike-widget |
| CatalogX – Catalog Mode, Enquiry & Quotes for WooCommerce | woocommerce-catalog-enquiry |
| Change Table Prefix | change-table-prefix |
| Colibri Page Builder | colibri-page-builder |
| Coming Soon Maintenance Mode | coming-soon-maintenance-mode |
| Cost of Goods: Product Cost & Profit Calculator for WooCommerce | cost-of-goods-for-woocommerce |
| Custom Order Statuses for WooCommerce | custom-order-statuses-for-woocommerce |
| Database Reset | wordpress-database-reset |
| Digits: WordPress Mobile Number Signup and Login | digits |
| Enhanced Text Widget | enhanced-text-widget |
| Enjoy Social Feed plugin for WordPress website | enjoy-instagram-instagram-responsive-images-gallery-and-carousel |
| Error Log Viewer by BestWebSoft | error-log-viewer |
| Event Tickets and Registration | event-tickets |
| Fancy Product Designer | fancy-product-designer |
| Featured Image from URL (FIFU) | featured-image-from-url |
| File Manager Pro | wp-file-manager-pro |
| FormFacade – Embed Google Forms in your website | formfacade |
| GSheetConnector for WooCommerce – Send your Orders and Products to Google Sheet in Real-Time | wc-gsheetconnector |
| Heureka | heureka |
| Innovs HR – Complete Human Resource Management System for Your Business | innovs-hr-manager |
| Job Postings | job-postings |
| Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder | kali-forms |
| KODO Qiniu | kodo-qiniu |
| Link Library | link-library |
| Maintenance Page | maintenance-page |
| Oliver POS – WooCommerce POS for iPhone, iPad & Android | oliver-pos |
| Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder | pagelayer |
| Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress | wp-user-avatar |
| Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content | password-protected |
| PeproDev Ultimate Invoice | pepro-ultimate-invoice |
| Play.ht – Make Your Blog Posts Accessible With Text to Speech Audio | play-ht |
| Plugin Groups | plugin-groups |
| RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login | custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager |
| Relevanssi Premium | relevanssi-premium |
| Relevanssi – A Better Search | relevanssi |
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) | scalable-vector-graphics-svg |
| Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP | schema-and-structured-data-for-wp |
| Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements | shortcodes-ultimate |
| Simple Job Board | simple-job-board |
| Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share | sassy-social-share |
| SuperFaktura WooCommerce | woocommerce-superfaktura |
| Tabs Shortcode and Widget | tabs-shortcode-and-widget |
| Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution | tutor |
| Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin | ultimate-member |
| UserFeedback – Create Interactive Feedback Form, User Surveys, and Polls in Seconds | userfeedback-lite |
| WordPress User Registration Forms by Formidable Forms | formidable-registration |
| WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce | wp-event-manager |
| wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin | wpdatatables |
| WPify Woo – Withdrawal, CRN/VAT, QR payments, Heureka and more for WooCommerce | wpify-woo |
| YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin | yet-another-related-posts-plugin |
| YML for Yandex Market | yml-for-yandex-market |
WordPress Themes with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week
| Software Name | Software Slug |
|---|---|
| Colibri WP | colibri-wp |
Vulnerability Details
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Addon Library <= 1.3.76 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload
PeproDev Ultimate Invoice <= 1.9.7 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via init_plugin
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) <= 3.4 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG
Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP <= 1.26 - Authenticated (Custom) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder <= 2.7.4.2 - Reflected (DOM-Based) Cross-Site Scripting
Beaver Builder <= 2.7.4.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Icon Widget
SuperFaktura WooCommerce <= 1.40.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery
Widget for Social Page Feeds <= 6.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms <= 2.3.41 - Missing Authorization
Enjoy Social Feed plugin for WordPress website <= 6.2.2 - Missing Authorization to Database Reset
Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP <= 1.26 - Missing Authorization to reCaptcha Key Modification
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