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.
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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.
There is a known unpatched vulnerability in WordPress core affecting all versions of WordPress. If you’re using iThemes Security, you’ve probably been alerted to this. As we are unsure when this very low-severity vulnerability will be patched, emails from iThemes Security will no longer alert for this specific vulnerability. Read our blog post about this vulnerability.
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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.
MonsterInsights
- Plugin Slug
- google-analytics-for-wordpress
- Installations
- 3,000,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 8.12.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
SiteGround Security
- Plugin Slug
- sg-security
- Installations
- 700,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ SQLi
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
ExactMetrics
- Plugin Slug
- google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp
- Installations
- 700,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 7.12.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
Enable Media Replace
- Plugin Slug
- enable-media-replace
- Installations
- 600,000+
- Vulnerability
- Author+ Arbitrary File Upload
- Patched in Version
- 4.0.2
- Severity Score
- Critical
Royal Elementor Addons
- Plugin Slug
- royal-elementor-addons
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Menu Template Creation via CSRF; ubscriber+ Arbitrary Template Import; Subscriber+ Template Kit Import; Reflected XSS; Subscriber+ Arbitrary Plugin Deactivation; Subscriber+ Mega Menu Settings Update; Subscriber+ Arbitrary Import Deletion; Subscriber+ Arbitrary Plugin Activation; Subscriber+ Template Condition Update; Subscriber+ Arbitrary Template Activation; Subscriber+ Arbitrary Theme Activation
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.60
- Severity Score
- Medium
Strong Testimonials
- Plugin Slug
- strong-testimonials
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 3.0.3
- Severity Score
- Medium
WOOF – Products Filter for WooCommerce
- Plugin Slug
- woocommerce-products-filter
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ PHP Object Injection
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.2
- Severity Score
- Low
WP Show Posts
- Plugin Slug
- wp-show-posts
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.1.4
- Severity Score
- Medium
Contextual Related Posts
- Plugin Slug
- contextual-related-posts
- Installations
- 70,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 3.3.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
Stream
- Plugin Slug
- stream
- Installations
- 70,000+
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Alert Creation
- Patched in Version
- 3.9.2
- Severity Score
- Medium
Tutor LMS
- Plugin Slug
- tutor
- Installations
- 60,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 2.0.10
- Severity Score
- High
Happyforms
- Plugin Slug
- happyforms
- Installations
- 40,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.22.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
Meks Flexible Shortcodes
- Plugin Slug
- meks-flexible-shortcodes
- Installations
- 30,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.5
- Severity Score
- Medium
Easy Testimonials
- Plugin Slug
- easy-testimonials
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 3.9.3
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic)
- Plugin Slug
- wp-stats-manager
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 6.5
- Severity Score
- Medium
Leaflet Maps Marker (Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Bing Maps)
- Plugin Slug
- leaflet-maps-marker
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 3.12.7
- Severity Score
- Medium
PPWP – WordPress Password Protect Page
- Plugin Slug
- password-protect-page
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS in Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 1.8.6
- Severity Score
- Medium
Page View Count
- Plugin Slug
- page-views-count
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 2.6.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
PDF.js Viewer
- Plugin Slug
- pdfjs-viewer-shortcode
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 2.1.8
- Severity Score
- Medium
Annual Archive
- Plugin Slug
- anual-archive
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.6.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
TemplatesNext ToolKit
- Plugin Slug
- templatesnext-toolkit
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 3.2.8
- Severity Score
- Medium
Html5 Audio Player
- Plugin Slug
- html5-audio-player
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 2.1.12
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP Customer Area
- Plugin Slug
- customer-area
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- RCE via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- 8.1.4
- Severity Score
- High
Clean Login
- Plugin Slug
- clean-login
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 1.13.7
- Severity Score
- Medium
Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress
- Plugin Slug
- rafflepress
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.11.3
- Severity Score
- Medium
Materialis Companion
- Plugin Slug
- materialis-companion
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.40
- Severity Score
- Medium
Send PDF for Contact Form 7
- Plugin Slug
- send-pdf-for-contact-form-7
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 0.9.9.2
- Severity Score
- Medium
Restaurant Menu
- Plugin Slug
- menu-ordering-reservations
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 2.3.6
- Severity Score
- Medium
YaMaps for WordPress Plugin
- Plugin Slug
- yamaps
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 0.6.26
- Severity Score
- Medium
Easy Accept Payments for PayPal
- Plugin Slug
- wordpress-easy-paypal-payment-or-donation-accept-plugin
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 4.9.10
- Severity Score
- Medium
Breadcrumb
- Plugin Slug
- breadcrumb
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 1.5.33
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP Blog and Widget
- Plugin Slug
- wp-blog-and-widgets
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 2.3.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP VR
- Plugin Slug
- wpvr
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 8.2.7
- Severity Score
- Medium
YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin
- Plugin Slug
- yourchannel
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode; Subscriber+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.2.3
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP-ShowHide
- Plugin Slug
- wp-showhide
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 1.05
- Severity Score
- Medium
Simple Tooltips
- Plugin Slug
- simple-tooltips
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 2.1.4
- Severity Score
- Medium
jQuery T(-) Countdown Widget
- Plugin Slug
- jquery-t-countdown-widget
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 2.3.24
- Severity Score
- Medium
Event Manager and Tickets Selling Plugin for WooCommerce
- Plugin Slug
- mage-eventpress
- Installations
- 9,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 3.8.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
YouTube Channel
- Plugin Slug
- youtube-channel
- Installations
- 9,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 3.23.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
EAN for WooCommerce
- Plugin Slug
- ean-for-woocommerce
- Installations
- 9,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 4.4.3
- Severity Score
- Medium
WC Vendors Marketplace
- Plugin Slug
- wc-vendors
- Installations
- 9,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 2.4.5
- Severity Score
- Medium
Judge.me Product Reviews for WooCommerce
- Plugin Slug
- judgeme-product-reviews-woocommerce
- Installations
- 8,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.21
- Severity Score
- Medium
Responsive Gallery Grid
- Plugin Slug
- responsive-gallery-grid
- Installations
- 7,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 2.3.9
- Severity Score
- Medium
Simple URLs
- Plugin Slug
- simple-urls
- Installations
- 6,000+
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ SQLi; Multiple Reflected XSS
- Patched in Version
- 115
- Severity Score
- High
Simple Membership WP
- Plugin Slug
- simple-membership-wp-user-import
- Installations
- 5,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ SQLi
- Patched in Version
- 1.8
- Severity Score
- Medium
WPFunnels
- Plugin Slug
- wpfunnels
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 2.6.9
- Severity Score
- Medium
Post Category Image With Grid and Slider
- Plugin Slug
- post-category-image-with-grid-and-slider
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Patched in Version
- 1.4.8
- Severity Score
- Medium
PDF Generator for WordPress
- Plugin Slug
- pdf-generator-for-wp
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.1.2
- Severity Score
- High
uTubeVideo Gallery
- Plugin Slug
- utubevideo-gallery
- Installations
- 500+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 2.0.8
- Severity Score
- Medium
GamiPress – Vimeo integration
- Plugin Slug
- gamipress-vimeo-integration
- Installations
- 400+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 1.0.9
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP FullCalendar
- Plugin Slug
- wp-fullcalendar
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Access
- Patched in Version
- 1.5
- Severity Score
- High
Hide My WP
- Plugin
- Hide My WP
- Plugin Slug
- hide_my_wp
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated SQLi
- Patched in Version
- 6.2.9
- Severity Score
- High
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.
Widget Shortcode
- Plugin Slug
- widget-shortcode
- Installations
- 80,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Widgets on Pages
- Plugin Slug
- widgets-on-pages
- Installations
- 30,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Rich Table of Contents
- Plugin Slug
- rich-table-of-content
- Installations
- 30,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
WordPrezi
- Plugin Slug
- wordprezi
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Strored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Naver Map
- Plugin Slug
- naver-map
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Gallery Factory Lite
- Plugin Slug
- gallery-factory-lite
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech
- Plugin Slug
- responsivevoice-text-to-speech
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Vimeo Video Autoplay Automute
- Plugin Slug
- vimeo-video-autoplay-automute
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Flexible Captcha
- Plugin Slug
- flexible-captcha
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Cloak Front End Email
- Plugin Slug
- cloak-front-end-email
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
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.
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