Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 27, 2024 to June 2, 2024)
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Last week, there were 108 vulnerabilities disclosed in 91 WordPress Plugins and no 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:
- Login/Signup Popup ( Inline Form + Woocommerce ) 2.7.1 – 2.7.2 – Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update
- WAF-RULE-702 – data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.
- WAF-RULE-703 – data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.
- WAF-RULE-704 – 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 | 82 |
| Unpatched | 26 |
Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week
| Severity Rating | Number of Vulnerabilities |
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| Medium Severity | 88 |
| High Severity | 12 |
| Critical Severity | 8 |
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') | 61 |
| Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | 13 |
| Missing Authorization | 11 |
| Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') | 5 |
| Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') | 5 |
| Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) | 4 |
| Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel | 2 |
| Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor | 1 |
| Improper Access Control | 1 |
| Improper Authorization | 1 |
| Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions | 1 |
| Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax | 1 |
| Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine | 1 |
| Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type | 1 |
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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week
| Software Name | Software Slug |
|---|---|
| ActiveDEMAND | activedemand |
| Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) | advanced-custom-fields |
| Advanced Custom Fields Pro | advanced-custom-fields-pro |
| AffiEasy | affieasy |
| Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load | ajax-load-more |
| AppPresser – Mobile App Framework | apppresser |
| Atarim – Visual Feedback, Review & AI Collaboration | atarim-visual-collaboration |
| Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) | auto-post-thumbnail |
| Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection | stopbadbots |
| Blocksy Companion | blocksy-companion |
| CB (legacy) | commons-booking |
| Church Admin | church-admin |
| Comparison Slider | comparison-slider |
| Contact Form Manager | contact-form-manager |
| Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget) | custom-post-widget |
| CSSable Countdown | cssable-countdown |
| CTT Expresso para WooCommerce | ctt-expresso-para-woocommerce |
| DethemeKit for Elementor | dethemekit-for-elementor |
| DOP Shortcodes | dop-shortcodes |
| Download Manager | download-manager |
| Download Monitor | download-monitor |
| Easy Digital Downloads – Recent Purchases | edd-recent-purchases |
| Easy Notify Lite | easy-notify-lite |
| Elements For Elementor | nd-elements |
| Essential Addons for Elementor Pro | essential-addons-elementor |
| Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets | essential-addons-for-elementor-lite |
| Expert Invoice | expert-invoice |
| Fetch JFT | fetch-jft |
| Font Farsi | font-farsi |
| FV Flowplayer Video Player | fv-wordpress-flowplayer |
| Global Notification Bar | global-notification-bar |
| Google CSE | google-cse |
| Gum Addon for Elementor | gum-elementor-addon |
| Happy Addons for Elementor | happy-elementor-addons |
| HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player | html5-video-player |
| HUSKY – Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce | woocommerce-products-filter |
| Integration for Constant Contact and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Ninja Forms | cf7-constant-contact |
| Just Writing Statistics | just-writing-statistics |
| Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox | foobox-image-lightbox |
| Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox Premium | foobox-image-lightbox-premium |
| List categories | list-categories |
| Login Logout Register Menu | login-logout-register-menu |
| Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider | master-slider |
| Ninja Tables – Easy Data Table Builder | ninja-tables |
| OTP Login With Phone Number, OTP Verification | login-with-phone-number |
| Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks | coblocks |
| PayPal Pay Now, Buy Now, Donation and Cart Buttons Shortcode | paypal-pay-buy-donation-and-cart-buttons-shortcode |
| Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery | photo-gallery |
| Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. | popup-builder |
| Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks – PostX | ultimate-post |
| PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates) | powerpack-lite-for-elementor |
| Preferred Languages | preferred-languages |
| Premium Addons for Elementor – Powerful Elementor Templates & Widgets | premium-addons-for-elementor |
| Push Notification for Post and BuddyPress | push-notification-for-post-and-buddypress |
| QQWorld Auto Save Images | qqworld-auto-save-images |
| Random Banner | random-banner |
| Remote Content Shortcode | remote-content-shortcode |
| Responsive Owl Carousel for Elementor | responsive-owl-carousel-elementor |
| Responsive video embed | responsive-video-embed |
| Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor | royal-elementor-addons |
| Safety Exit | safety-exit |
| Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning | wp-simple-firewall |
| Simple Like Page – Fast & Privacy-Friendly Page Embeds | simple-facebook-plugin |
| Simple Share Buttons Adder | simple-share-buttons-adder |
| Simple Spoiler | simple-spoiler |
| Site Favicon | site-favicon |
| Slider Revolution | revslider |
| Smartarget Message Bar | smartarget-message-bar |
| Supreme Modules Lite – Divi Theme, Extra Theme and Divi Builder | supreme-modules-for-divi |
| Swiss Toolkit For WP | swiss-toolkit-for-wp |
| Testimonial Carousel For Elementor | testimonials-carousel-elementor |
| The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Pro | theplus_elementor_addon |
| Travelly – Tour & Travel Booking Manager for WooCommerce | Tour & Hotel Booking Plugin | tour-booking-manager |
| Unlimited Elements For Elementor | unlimited-elements-for-elementor |
| Uploadcare File Uploader and Adaptive Delivery (beta) | uploadcare |
| User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder | user-registration |
| Widget Bundle | wp-widget-bundle |
| Woocommerce – Recent Purchases | woo-recent-purchases |
| WP Back Button | wp-back-button |
| WP Flow Plus | wp-imageflow2 |
| WP Logs Book | wp-logs-book |
| WP STAGING – WordPress Backup, Restore, Migration & Clone | wp-staging |
| WP To Do | wp-todo |
| WP TripAdvisor Review Slider | wp-tripadvisor-review-slider |
| WPB Addons for Elementor – News Ticker, Timeline, Team & More Widgets | wpb-elementor-addons |
| WPCafe – Restaurant Menu, Online Food Ordering & Table Booking System | wp-cafe |
| wpDataTables (Premium) | wpdatatables |
| wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin | wpdatatables |
| wpForo Forum | wpforo |
| YITH WooCommerce Wishlist | yith-woocommerce-wishlist |
| Yumpu E-Paper publishing | yumpu-epaper-publishing |
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.
Simple Share Buttons Adder <= 8.5.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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