Vulnerable plugins and themes are the #1 reason WordPress websites get hacked. The weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report powered by WPScan covers recent WordPress plugin, theme, and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you run one of the vulnerable plugins or themes on your website.
Each vulnerability will have a severity rating of low, medium, high, or critical. Responsible disclosure and reporting of vulnerabilities is an integral part of keeping the WordPress community safe. Please share this post with your friends to help get the word out and make WordPress safer for everyone!
WordPress Core News
WordPress 6.1.1 was released on November 15, 2022, as a short-cycle maintenance release with 29 bug fixes in Core and 21 bug fixes for the block editor. Because this is a core update, be sure to update to WordPress 6.1.1 as soon as possible! As always, with a major release like this, it makes sense to ensure your site is backed up with BackupBuddy before updating.
WP
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Blind SSRF via DNS Rebinding
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
This vulnerability was reported by Thomas Chauchefoin, and at this time, it affects all versions of WordPress. However, probable exploitation of this vulnerability is very low, and to fully protect yourself, all you’ll need to do is turn off XML-RPC or pingbacks on your WordPress site.
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WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
In this section, the latest WordPress plugin vulnerabilities have been disclosed. Each plugin listing includes the type of vulnerability, the active installations, the version number if patched, the severity rating, and the CVE.
Table of Contents Plus
- Plugin Slug
- table-of-contents-plus
- Installations
- 300,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 2212
- Severity Score
- High
Download Manager
- Plugin Slug
- download-manager
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 3.2.62
- Severity Score
- High
Smash Balloon Social Post Feed
- Plugin Slug
- custom-facebook-feed
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 4.1.6
- Severity Score
- High
Mesmerize Companion
- Plugin Slug
- mesmerize-companion
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.6.135
- Severity Score
- High
Starter Templates by Kadence WP
- Plugin Slug
- kadence-starter-templates
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ PHP Object Injection
- Patched in Version
- 1.2.17
- Severity Score
- Medium
Slimstat Analytics
- Plugin Slug
- wp-slimstat
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 4.9.3
- Severity Score
- High
WPtouch
- Plugin Slug
- wptouch
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ PHP Object Injection; Admin+ Arbitrary File Upload
- Patched in Version
- 4.3.45
- Severity Score
- Medium
Royal Elementor Addons
- Plugin Slug
- royal-elementor-addons
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Creation; Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Deletion
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.56
- Severity Score
- Medium
Permalink Manager Lite
- Plugin Slug
- permalink-manager
- Installations
- 70,000+
- Vulnerability
- Authenticated Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 2.3.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
WOOCS
- Plugin Slug
- woocommerce-currency-switcher
- Installations
- 70,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.9.4
- Severity Score
- High
WP Recipe Maker
- Plugin Slug
- wp-recipe-maker
- Installations
- 50,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 8.6.1
- Severity Score
- High
Metricool
- Plugin Slug
- metricool
- Installations
- 40,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.18
- Severity Score
- Low
WP Custom Admin Interface
- Plugin Slug
- wp-custom-admin-interface
- Installations
- 30,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ PHP Object Injection
- Patched in Version
- 7.29
- Severity Score
- Medium
Jetpack CRM
- Plugin Slug
- zero-bs-crm
- Installations
- 30,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 5.5
- Severity Score
- High
Image Hover Effects Ultimate
- Plugin Slug
- image-hover-effects-ultimate
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 9.8.5
- Severity Score
- Low
Multi Step Form
- Plugin Slug
- multi-step-form
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.7.8
- Severity Score
- Low
ActiveCampaign for WooCommerce
- Plugin Slug
- activecampaign-for-woocommerce
- Installations
- 8,000+
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Error Log Cleanup
- Patched in Version
- 1.9.8
- Severity Score
- Medium
Vision Interactive For WordPress
- Plugin Slug
- vision
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.5.4
- Severity Score
- High
Sunshine Photo Cart
- Plugin Slug
- sunshine-photo-cart
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected XSS
- Patched in Version
- 2.9.15
- Severity Score
- High
Post Status Notifier Lite
- Plugin Slug
- post-status-notifier-lite
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.10.1
- Severity Score
- High
WordPress Events Calendar Plugin
- Plugin Slug
- connect-daily-web-calendar
- Installations
- 200+
- Vulnerability
- Multiple Reflected XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.4.5
- Severity Score
- High
WPQA
- Plugin
- WPQA Builder
- Plugin Slug
- wpqa
- Vulnerability
- Missing validation lead to functionality abuse
- Patched in Version
- 5.9.3
- Severity Score
- Low
Mautic Integration For WooCommerce
- Plugin
- Mautic Integration for WooCommerce
- Plugin Slug
- mautic-integration-for-woocommerce
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Options Update via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 1.0.3
- Severity Score
- High
iPages Flipbook For WordPress
- Plugin Slug
- ipages-flipbook
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.4.7
- Severity Score
- Medium
WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities – No Known Fix
This section contains plugin vulnerabilities with no known fix. Until a patch is available, immediately uninstall and delete the plugin.
Mega Addons For WPBakery Page Builder
- Plugin Slug
- mega-addons-for-visual-composer
- Installations
- 60,000+
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Settings Update
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
iPanorama 360 WordPress Virtual Tour Builder
- Plugin Slug
- ipanorama-360-virtual-tour-builder-lite
- Installations
- 7,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
ImageLinks Interactive Image Builder for WordPress
- Plugin Slug
- imagelinks-interactive-image-builder-lite
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
WP CSV
- Plugin Slug
- wp-csv
- Vulnerability
- Reflected XSS via CSV Import
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP Table Reloaded
- Plugin Slug
- wp-table-reloaded
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
Bg Bible References
- Plugin Slug
- bg-biblie-references
- Vulnerability
- Reflected XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
404 to Start
- Plugin Slug
- 404-to-start
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
WordPress Theme Vulnerabilities
In this section, the latest WordPress theme vulnerabilities have been disclosed. Each theme listing includes the type of vulnerability, the active installations, the version number if patched, the severity rating, and the CVE.
WPQA
- Theme
- Himer
- Theme Slug
- himer
- Vulnerability
- Missing validation lead to functionality abuse
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Low
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