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Too Much Escaping Backfires, Allows Shortcode-Based XSS Vulnerability in Contact Form Entries WordPress Plugin

🎉 Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! On February 24th, 2024, during our second Bug Bounty Extravaganza, we received a submission for a stored …
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Record Breaking $153,000+ Already Invested into the Security of the WordPress Ecosystem by Wordfence – More to Come!

🎉 Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again?

$1,313 Bounty Awarded for Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Patched in RegistrationMagic WordPress Plugin

🎉 Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again?

Critical Vulnerability Remains Unpatched in Two Permanently Closed MiniOrange WordPress Plugins – $1,250 Bounty Awarded

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Unauthenticated Stored XSS Vulnerability Patched in Ultimate Member WordPress Plugin

On February 28th, 2024, during our second Bug Bounty Extravaganza, we received a submission for an unauthenticated stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ultimate Member, a WordPress plugin with more than 200,000+ active installations.

$2,751 Bounty Awarded for Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability Patched in Avada WordPress Theme

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$2,063 Bounty Awarded for Unauthenticated SQL Injection Vulnerability Patched in Ultimate Member WordPress Plugin

🎉 Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again?

$1,313 Bounty Awarded for Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Patched in Academy LMS WordPress Plugin

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SQL Injection Vulnerability Patched in RSS Aggregator by Feedzy WordPress Plugin

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2023’s Critical WordPress Vulnerabilities and How They Work

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