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Wordfence Research and News
Category: Threat Research
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wp2shell Aftermath: The First Critical Unauthenticated WordPress Core RCE in Nearly a Decade
wp2shell is a critical unauthenticated RCE chain in WordPress Core, patched July 17, 2026. See who’s affected, the exploitation timeline, and what to do now.
Attackers Actively Exploiting Sensitive Information Exposure Vulnerability in Gravity SMTP Plugin
On March 30th, 2026, we publicly disclosed a Sensitive Information Exposure vulnerability in Gravity SMTP, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 100,000 active installations.
Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Everest Forms Pro Plugin
On March 30th, 2026, we publicly disclosed a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Everest Forms Pro, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 4,000 active installations.
Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Burst Statistics Plugin
On May 13th, 2026, we publicly disclosed a critical Authentication Bypass vulnerability in Burst Statistics, a WordPress plugin with 200,000 active installations.
How a Webmail Log File Became a Root-Level Backdoor
A forensic breakdown of how an attacker turned CyberPanel's SnappyMail logging into a persistent webshell that survived every WordPress cleanup attempt.
Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Breeze Cache Plugin
On April 22nd, 2026, we publicly disclosed a critical Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Breeze Cache, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 400,000 active installations.
Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Ninja Forms – File Upload Plugin
On April 6th, 2026, we publicly disclosed a critical Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Ninja Forms – File Upload, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 50,000 active installations.
Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Kali Forms Plugin
On March 2nd, 2026, we received a submission through our Bug Bounty Program for a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Kali Forms, a WordPress plugin with more than 10,000 active installations.
Quarterly WordPress Threat Intelligence Report – Q4 2025
This regular report highlights trends and changes in the WordPress security landscape, empowering you as a site owner to proactively protect your website against current vulnerabilities and threats, and to better understand the protections Wordfence provides through it’s robust threat intelligence.
Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Sneeit Framework Plugin
On June 10th, 2025, we received a submission for a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Sneeit Framework, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 1,700 active installations.
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