WordPress Vulnerability Report – May 10, 2023

This week, 66 vulnerabilities may affect over 5.8 million WordPress sites. There are 42 plugin vulnerabilities and five in themes that have security patches available, so run those updates! Additionally, there are 18 plugin vulnerabilities and one theme with no patch available yet. If you are using any unpatched plugins or themes, check their vendors’ intentions and progress on a security release. If no patch is forthcoming or the vulnerable software has been closed and dropped from the official WordPress theme and plugin repositories, you should consider deactivation and removal in favor of alternative solutions.

Please note we’ve revised last week’s report to correct the list of vulnerable code after many of the previous week’s vulnerabilities were mistakenly included. Thanks to Jeff Severson of JTS Design for bringing this to our attention.

WordPress core is very secure when it’s properly configured and maintained. Vulnerable plugins that have not been updated by site owners are the most common vector for attacks on WordPress websites. Our weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report, powered by Patchstack, covers new WordPress plugin, theme, and core vulnerabilities that have emerged since last week’s report. Our goal is to spread awareness of emerging security threats and help you decide what to do if you are using vulnerable software on your website. For a deeper analysis of recent trends in WordPress vulnerabilities and threat vectors, see our 2022 Annual Vulnerability Report.