Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 13, 2024 to May 19, 2024)
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Last week, there were 119 vulnerabilities disclosed in 91 WordPress Plugins and 8 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 49 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:
- WAF-RULE-700 – Data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.
- WAF-RULE-699 – Data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.
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 | 110 |
Unpatched | 9 |
Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week
Severity Rating | Number of Vulnerabilities |
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Medium Severity | 96 |
High Severity | 14 |
Critical Severity | 9 |
Total Vulnerabilities by CWE Type Last Week
Vulnerability Type by CWE | Number of Vulnerabilities |
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | 68 |
Missing Authorization | 17 |
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | 8 |
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key | 3 |
Deserialization of Untrusted Data | 3 |
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') | 3 |
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') | 3 |
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') | 3 |
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type | 3 |
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') | 2 |
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor | 1 |
Improper Access Control | 1 |
Improper Authentication | 1 |
Improper Authorization | 1 |
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) | 1 |
URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') | 1 |
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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week
Software Name | Software Slug |
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140+ Widgets | Xpro Addons For Elementor – FREE | xpro-elementor-addons |
Advanced Custom Fields Pro | advanced-custom-fields-pro |
AI Popup | popup-more |
All-in-One Video Gallery | all-in-one-video-gallery |
Alt Text AI – Automatically generate image alt text for SEO and accessibility | alttext-ai |
Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin | simply-schedule-appointments |
ARforms | arforms |
Borderless – Widgets, Elements, Templates and Toolkit for Elementor & Gutenberg | borderless |
Buddyboss Platform | buddyboss-platform |
Builder for WooCommerce product reviews shortcodes – ReviewShort | woo-product-reviews-shortcode |
Bulk Posts Editing For WordPress | ithemeland-bulk-posts-editing-lite |
Chauffeur Taxi Booking System for WordPress | chauffeur-booking-system |
Clearfy Cache – WordPress optimization plugin, Minify HTML, CSS & JS, Defer | clearfy |
Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder | fluentform |
Contact Form Widget – Contact Query, Contact Page, Form Maker, Query Table | new-contact-form-widget |
ConvertPlus | convertplug |
Copymatic – AI Content Writer & Generator | copymatic |
Cost Calculator Builder PRO | cost-calculator-builder-pro |
Custom Post Type Attachment | custom-post-type-pdf-attachment |
DethemeKit For Elementor | dethemekit-for-elementor |
Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard | download-plugins-dashboard |
Elegant Blocks – Amazing Gutenberg Blocks | elegant-blocks |
Elementor Header & Footer Builder | header-footer-elementor |
Email Subscribers by Icegram Express – Email Marketing, Newsletters, Automation for WordPress & WooCommerce | email-subscribers |
Envo Extra | envo-extra |
Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Addon, Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders | essential-addons-for-elementor-lite |
Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates | essential-blocks |
Exclusive Addons for Elementor | exclusive-addons-for-elementor |
Fast Custom Social Share by CodeBard | fast-custom-social-share-by-codebard |
Fastly | fastly |
FS Product Inquiry | fs-product-inquiry |
FundEngine – Donation and Crowdfunding Platform | wp-fundraising-donation |
GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform | give |
Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP – Page Builder Features | kadence-blocks |
Happy Addons for Elementor | happy-elementor-addons |
iframe | iframe |
Image Optimization by Optimole – Lazy Load, CDN, Convert WebP & AVIF | optimole-wp |
ImageMagick Sharpen Resized Images | imagemagick-sharpen-resized-images |
Import and export users and customers | import-users-from-csv-with-meta |
Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress | insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress |
Integration for HubSpot and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Ninja Forms | cf7-hubspot |
Integration for Salesforce and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Formidable, Ninja Forms | cf7-salesforce |
JCH Optimize | jch-optimize |
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth | jetpack |
Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress | chatbot-chatgpt |
Landing Page Builder – Coming Soon page, Maintenance Mode, Lead Page, WordPress Landing Pages | page-builder-add |
Logo Slider – Logo Carousel, Logo Showcase & Client Logo Slider WordPress Plugin | logo-slider-wp |
Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid | magazine-blocks |
Master Addons – Elementor Addons with White Label, Free Widgets, Hover Effects, Conditions, & Animations | master-addons |
Mega Elements – Addons for Elementor | mega-elements-addons-for-elementor |
Menu Icons by ThemeIsle | menu-icons |
Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce | order-import-export-for-woocommerce |
Password Protected – Password Protect your WordPress Site, Pages, & WooCommerce Products – Restrict Content, Protect WooCommerce Category, and more | password-protected |
Penci Soledad Data Migrator | penci-data-migrator |
Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List | picture-gallery |
Piotnet Addons For Elementor | piotnet-addons-for-elementor |
Popup Builder | easy-notify-lite |
Popup Maker – Responsive popup, Exit Intent Pop up, Email Optins, Autoresponder & More | popup-maker-wp |
Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor | post-and-page-builder |
Post Grid Elementor Addon | post-grid-elementor-addon |
Radio Player – Live Shoutcast, Icecast and Any Audio Stream Player for WordPress | radio-player |
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings | seo-by-rank-math |
ReviewX – Multi-criteria Rating & Reviews for WooCommerce | reviewx |
Royal Elementor Addons and Templates | royal-elementor-addons |
RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging | wp-rss-aggregator |
Salon Booking System | salon-booking-system |
ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling | shiftcontroller |
ShopLentor – WooCommerce Builder for Elementor & Gutenberg +12 Modules – All in One Solution (formerly WooLentor) | woolentor-addons |
Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box | simple-ajax-chat |
Simple Basic Contact Form | simple-basic-contact-form |
Sina Extension for Elementor (Slider, Gallery, Form, Modal, Data Table, Tab, Particle, Free Elementor Widgets & Elementor Templates) | sina-extension-for-elementor |
Swift Framework | socialdriver-framework |
Sydney Toolbox | sydney-toolbox |
Tagembed: Embed Twitter Feed, Google Reviews, YouTube Videos, TikTok, RSS Feed & More Social Media Feeds | tagembed-widget |
Testimonial Carousel For Elementor | testimonials-carousel-elementor |
The Events Calendar | the-events-calendar |
Tutor LMS Pro | tutor-pro |
Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution | tutor |
Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid | visual-portfolio |
Visualizer: Tables and Charts Manager for WordPress | visualizer |
weMail – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optin Forms, Email Newsletters, A/B Testing, and Automation | wemail |
WordPress Automatic Plugin | wp-automatic |
WP Backpack | wp-backpack |
WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization | wp-compress-image-optimizer |
Wp EMember | wp-emember |
WP SMS – Ultimate SMS & MMS Notifications, 2FA, OTP, and Integrations with WooCommerce, GravityForms, and More | wp-sms |
WP Stacker | wp-stacker |
WPB Elementor Addons | wpb-elementor-addons |
WPZOOM Addons for Elementor (Templates, Widgets) | wpzoom-elementor-addons |
YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards | yith-woocommerce-gift-cards |
Yoast SEO | wordpress-seo |
WordPress Themes with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week
Software Name | Software Slug |
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ChaosTheory | chaostheory |
Consus | consus |
EmpowerWP | empowerwp |
Ketos | ketos |
Niveau | niveau |
Oasis | oasis |
Skyline WP | skyline-wp |
Zeka | zeka |
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.
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 through our Bug Bounty Program, and by monitoring varying sources to capture all publicly available WordPress vulnerability information and adding additional context where we can.
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