On May 20, 2023, WordPress 6.2.2 was released to address a regression — a bug introduced in 6.2.1 that broke shortcode functionality — as well as a security issue. Because 6.2.2 is a security release, you should update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 5.9 have also been updated. The next major version of WordPress Core, slated for an August release, will be 6.3.
WordPress core has been updated to secure one vulnerability disclosed with its 6.2.2 release. In the plugin and theme ecosystem, 85 total vulnerabilities emerged in public disclosure. They may affect over 12 million WordPress sites. Out of the total number, there are 57 plugin vulnerabilities and 2 theme vulnerabilities that have security patches available.
Additionally, there are 25 plugin vulnerabilities and 1 theme vulnerability 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.
WordPress Core Vulnerabilities — Patched
WordPress Core
- Vulnerability
- Unauth. Shortcode Execution
- Patched in Version
- 6.2.2
- Severity Score
- Medium
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.
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WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities — Patched
In this section, you’ll find the most recently disclosed WordPress plugin vulnerabilities that have been fixed with a new release from their authors and maintainers. Please apply the updates if you are affected!
These vulnerabilities have been disclosed and scored for their severity, thanks to our friends at Patchstack. Each plugin listing includes the type of vulnerability with its CVE number and CVSS severity rating with links to more technical details. You’ll also see the number of active sites using the plugin and the plugin version release that patches the vulnerability. We start with the most popular plugins, which represent the largest target for attackers.
Elementor
- Plugin Slug
- elementor
- Installations
- 5,000,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- 3.13.3
- Severity Score
- Medium
Jetpack
- Plugin Slug
- jetpack
- Installations
- 5,000,000+
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary File Overwrite
- Patched in Version
- 12.1.1
- Severity Score
- Critical
WooCommerce Shipping & Tax
- Plugin Slug
- woocommerce-services
- Installations
- 900,000+
- Vulnerability
- Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 2.2.5
- Severity Score
- Medium
Unlimited Elements For Elementor
- Plugin Slug
- unlimited-elements-for-elementor
- Installations
- 200,000+
- Vulnerability
- Unrestricted Zip Extraction
- Patched in Version
- 1.5.61
- Severity Score
- Critical
Custom Twitter Feeds
- Plugin Slug
- custom-twitter-feeds
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- 2.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
Contact Form Entries
- Plugin Slug
- contact-form-entries
- Installations
- 60,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
Contact Form Entries
- Plugin Slug
- contact-form-entries
- Installations
- 60,000+
- Vulnerability
- Auth. SQL Injection
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.1
- Severity Score
- High
WP-Matomo Integration (WP-Piwik)
- Plugin Slug
- wp-piwik
- Installations
- 60,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 1.0.28
- Severity Score
- Medium
Ultimate Dashboard
- Plugin Slug
- ultimate-dashboard
- Installations
- 50,000+
- Vulnerability
- Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings
- Patched in Version
- 3.7.6
- Severity Score
- Medium
Easy Google Maps
- Plugin Slug
- google-maps-easy
- Installations
- 30,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- 1.11.8
- Severity Score
- High
JetFormBuilder
- Plugin Slug
- jetformbuilder
- Installations
- 30,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- 3.0.7
- Severity Score
- Medium
BEAR
- Plugin Slug
- woo-bulk-editor
- Installations
- 30,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- 1.1.3.2
- Severity Score
- Medium
Download Plugin
- Plugin Slug
- download-plugin
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- 2.0.5
- Severity Score
- Medium
Uncanny Automator
- Plugin Slug
- uncanny-automator
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross-Site Request Forgery via update_automator_connect
- Patched in Version
- 4.15
- Severity Score
- Medium
Product Gallery Slider for WooCommerce
- Plugin Slug
- woo-product-gallery-slider
- Installations
- 20,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- 2.2.9
- Severity Score
- Medium
Unite Gallery Lite
- Plugin Slug
- unite-gallery-lite
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Local File Inclusion
- Patched in Version
- 1.7.60
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP Coder
- Plugin Slug
- wp-coder
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ‘page’ parameter
- Patched in Version
- 2.5.6
- Severity Score
- High
bbp style pack
- Plugin Slug
- bbp-style-pack
- Installations
- 8,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 5.5.6
- Severity Score
- High
WordPress Backup & Migration
- Plugin Slug
- wp-migration-duplicator
- Installations
- 8,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- 1.4.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
Drop Shadow Boxes
- Plugin Slug
- drop-shadow-boxes
- Installations
- 6,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 1.7.11
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP EasyCart
- Plugin Slug
- wp-easycart
- Installations
- 6,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross-Site Request Forgery via process_delete_product
- Patched in Version
- 5.4.9
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP EasyCart
- Plugin Slug
- wp-easycart
- Installations
- 6,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross-Site Request Forgery via process_bulk_delete_product
- Patched in Version
- 5.4.9
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP EasyCart
- Plugin Slug
- wp-easycart
- Installations
- 6,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross-Site Request Forgery via process_bulk_deactivate_product
- Patched in Version
- 5.4.9
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP EasyCart
- Plugin Slug
- wp-easycart
- Installations
- 6,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross-Site Request Forgery via process_deactivate_product
- Patched in Version
- 5.4.9
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP EasyCart
- Plugin Slug
- wp-easycart
- Installations
- 6,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross-Site Request Forgery via process_duplicate_product
- Patched in Version
- 5.4.9
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP EasyCart
- Plugin Slug
- wp-easycart
- Installations
- 6,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross-Site Request Forgery via process_bulk_activate_product
- Patched in Version
- 5.4.9
- Severity Score
- Medium
WOLF
- Plugin Slug
- bulk-editor
- Installations
- 5,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- 1.0.7.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
PluginOps Optin Builder
- Plugin Slug
- mailchimp-subscribe-sm
- Installations
- 5,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 4.0.9.2
- Severity Score
- Medium
MStore API
- Plugin Slug
- mstore-api
- Installations
- 5,000+
- Vulnerability
- Authentication Bypass
- Patched in Version
- 3.9.2
- Severity Score
- Critical
MStore API
- Plugin Slug
- mstore-api
- Installations
- 5,000+
- Vulnerability
- Authentication Bypass
- Patched in Version
- 3.9.3
- Severity Score
- Critical
Download Theme
- Plugin Slug
- download-theme
- Installations
- 4,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- 1.1.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client)
- Plugin Slug
- miniorange-login-with-eve-online-google-facebook
- Installations
- 4,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Authentication
- Patched in Version
- 6.23.4
- Severity Score
- High
WS Form LITE
- Plugin Slug
- ws-form
- Installations
- 4,000+
- Vulnerability
- CAPTCHA Bypass
- Patched in Version
- 1.9.118
- Severity Score
- Medium
Multiple Page Generator Plugin – MPG
- Plugin Slug
- multiple-pages-generator-by-porthas
- Installations
- 2,000+
- Vulnerability
- SQL Injection
- Patched in Version
- 3.3.20
- Severity Score
- High
Bubble Menu
- Plugin Slug
- bubble-menu
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ‘page’ parameter
- Patched in Version
- 3.0.4
- Severity Score
- High
EventPrime
- Plugin Slug
- eventprime-event-calendar-management
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Sensitive Data Exposure
- Patched in Version
- 3.0.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
EventPrime
- Plugin Slug
- eventprime-event-calendar-management
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 3.0.0
- Severity Score
- High
Novelist
- Plugin Slug
- novelist
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 1.2.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
Smart App Banner
- Plugin Slug
- smart-app-banner
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- 1.1.3
- Severity Score
- Medium
Telegram Bot & Channel
- Plugin Slug
- telegram-bot
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 3.6.3
- Severity Score
- Medium
WIP Custom Login
- Plugin Slug
- wip-custom-login
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- 1.3.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP-Hijri
- Plugin Slug
- wp-hijri
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 1.5.2
- Severity Score
- High
YouTube Playlist Player
- Plugin Slug
- youtube-playlist-player
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- 4.6.5
- Severity Score
- Medium
Duplicator Pro
- Plugin
- Duplicator Pro
- Plugin Slug
- duplicator-pro
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 4.5.11.1
- Severity Score
- High
Go Pricing – WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables
- Plugin
- Go Pricing
- Plugin Slug
- go-pricing-wordpress-responsive-pricing-tables
- Vulnerability
- Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
- Patched in Version
- 3.4
- Severity Score
- Medium
Gravity Forms
- Plugin
- Gravity Forms
- Plugin Slug
- gravityforms
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
- Patched in Version
- 2.7.4
- Severity Score
- High
Qubotchat
- Plugin Slug
- qubotchat
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 1.1.6
- Severity Score
- Medium
Rank Math SEO PRO
- Plugin
- Rank Math SEO PRO
- Plugin Slug
- seo-by-rank-math-pro
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 3.0.36
- Severity Score
- High
LearnDash LMS
- Plugin
- LearnDash LMS
- Plugin Slug
- sfwd-lms
- Vulnerability
- Auth. SQL Injection (SQLi)
- Patched in Version
- 4.5.3.1
- Severity Score
- High
WooCommerce Follow-Up Emails
- Plugin
- WooCommerce Follow-Up Emails
- Plugin Slug
- woocommerce-follow-up-emails
- Vulnerability
- Follow-Up Emails Manager+ SQL Injection
- Patched in Version
- 4.9.51
- Severity Score
- High
WooCommerce Follow-Up Emails
- Plugin
- WooCommerce Follow-Up Emails
- Plugin Slug
- woocommerce-follow-up-emails
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary File Upload
- Patched in Version
- 4.9.50
- Severity Score
- Critical
WooCommerce Follow-Up Emails
- Plugin
- WooCommerce Follow-Up Emails
- Plugin Slug
- woocommerce-follow-up-emails
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 4.9.50
- Severity Score
- High
WooCommerce Follow-Up Emails
- Plugin
- WooCommerce Follow-Up Emails
- Plugin Slug
- woocommerce-follow-up-emails
- Vulnerability
- Multiple Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- 4.9.50
- Severity Score
- Medium
WooCommerce Product Vendors
- Plugin
- WooCommerce Product Vendors
- Plugin Slug
- woocommerce-product-vendors
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 2.1.77
- Severity Score
- High
WooCommerce Product Vendors
- Plugin
- WooCommerce Product Vendors
- Plugin Slug
- woocommerce-product-vendors
- Vulnerability
- Vendor Admin+ SQL Injection
- Patched in Version
- 2.1.77
- Severity Score
- High
WooCommerce Warranty Requests
- Plugin
- WooCommerce Warranty Requests
- Plugin Slug
- woocommerce-warranty
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 2.1.7
- Severity Score
- High
Yoast SEO: Local
- Plugin
- Yoast SEO: Local
- Plugin Slug
- wpseo-local
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- 15.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities — Unpatched
This section contains plugin vulnerabilities with no known fix. Until a patch is available, you are advised to deactivate the plugin, at minimum, immediately. If there is a high risk of active exploits or the plugin remains unpatched for weeks, you are advised to delete the plugin. You should also delete persistently unpatched plugins the WordPress.org repository has locked and marked “Closed” so they can no longer be downloaded and installed.
Tutor LMS
- Plugin Slug
- tutor
- Installations
- 70,000+
- Vulnerability
- Multiple Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
Button Generator
- Plugin Slug
- button-generation
- Installations
- 6,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Flickr Justified Gallery
- Plugin Slug
- flickr-justified-gallery
- Installations
- 6,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Google Map Shortcode
- Plugin Slug
- google-map-shortcode
- Installations
- 4,000+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
WooCommerce Product Categories Selection Widget
- Plugin Slug
- woocommerce-product-category-selection-widget
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
Custom Post Type Generator
- Plugin Slug
- custom-post-type-generator
- Installations
- 2,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Leyka
- Plugin Slug
- leyka
- Installations
- 2,000+
- Vulnerability
- Privilege Escalation
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
Leyka
- Plugin Slug
- leyka
- Installations
- 2,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
Easy Admin Menu
- Plugin Slug
- easy-admin-menu
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Easy Captcha
- Plugin Slug
- easy-captcha
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Easy Captcha
- Plugin Slug
- easy-captcha
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
Recently Viewed Products
- Plugin Slug
- recently-viewed-products
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- PHP Object Injection
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
This Day In History
- Plugin Slug
- this-day-in-history
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
SKU Label Changer For WooCommerce
- Plugin Slug
- woo-sku-label-changer
- Installations
- 1,000+
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Front End Users
- Plugin Slug
- front-end-only-users
- Installations
- 900+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
UTM Tracker
- Plugin Slug
- utm-tracker
- Installations
- 900+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
QueryWall
- Plugin Slug
- querywall
- Installations
- 500+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ SQL Injection
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
SlideOnline
- Plugin Slug
- slideonline
- Installations
- 500+
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
IP Metaboxes
- Plugin Slug
- ip-metaboxes
- Installations
- 100+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
IP Metaboxes
- Plugin Slug
- ip-metaboxes
- Installations
- 100+
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
SIS Handball
- Plugin Slug
- sis-handball
- Installations
- 30+
- Vulnerability
- SQL Injection
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
Responsive Tabs For WPBakery Page Builder
- Plugin
- Responsive Tabs For WPBakery Page Builder
- Plugin Slug
- responsive-tabs-for-wpbakery
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Video Contest WordPress Plugin
- Plugin
- Video Contest WordPress Plugin
- Plugin Slug
- video-contest
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Video Contest WordPress Plugin
- Plugin
- Video Contest WordPress Plugin
- Plugin Slug
- video-contest
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP Tiles
- Plugin
- WP Tiles
- Plugin Slug
- wp-tiles
- Vulnerability
- Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
WordPress Theme Vulnerabilities
In this section, you’ll find the latest WordPress theme vulnerabilities to be disclosed. You’ll see the same information provided above for vulnerable plugins, and the same advice applies. If a security update exists, install it immediately. If a vulnerability remains unpatched in a theme you are actively using, you will need to find an alternative theme. Deactivate and delete persistently unpatched themes and those that have been “Closed” in the WordPress.org theme repository. If you have a vulnerable theme installed that you are not actively using, simply delete it.
HashOne
- Theme Slug
- hashone
- Downloads
- 160,367
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- Medium
Viral
- Theme Slug
- viral
- Downloads
- 144,927
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- 1.8.1
- Severity Score
- Medium
Viral News
- Theme Slug
- viral-news
- Downloads
- 86,793
- Vulnerability
- Broken Access Control
- Patched in Version
- 1.4.6
- Severity Score
- Medium

Dan Knauss is StellarWP’s Technical Content Generalist. He’s been a writer, teacher, and freelancer working in open source since the late 1990s and with WordPress since 2004.