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!
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WordPress Core Vulnerabilities
WordPress 6.0.2 was released on August 30, 2022. This security and maintenance release features 12 bug fixes on Core, 5 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 3 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately.
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, and the severity rating.
Smart Slider 3
- Installations
- 900,000+
- Vulnerability
- PHP Object Injection
- Patched in Version
- 3.5.1.11
- Severity Score
- Medium
Ocean Extra
- Installations
- 700,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ PHP Objection Injection
- Patched in Version
- 2.0.5
- Severity Score
- Medium
Easy WP SMTP
- Installations
- 600,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ PHP Objection Injection
- Patched in Version
- 1.5.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
Customizer Export/Import
- Installations
- 200,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ PHP Object Injection
- Patched in Version
- 0.9.5
- Severity Score
- Medium
Envira Gallery Lite
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 1.8.4.7
- Severity Score
- Medium
PublishPress Capabilities
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ PHP Objection Injection
- Patched in Version
- 2.5.2
- Severity Score
- Medium
LearnPress
- Installations
- 100,000+
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via REST API
- Patched in Version
- 4.1.7.2
- Severity Score
- Medium
eCommerce Product Catalog Plugin for WordPress
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Reflected XSS
- Patched in Version
- 3.0.71
- Severity Score
- Medium
WP Contact Slider
- Installations
- 10,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 2.4.8
- Severity Score
- Low
AWP Classifieds Plugin
- Installations
- 8,000+
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated SQLi
- Patched in Version
- 4.3
- Severity Score
- Medium
Rock Convert
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting; Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 2.11.0
- Severity Score
- Low
Official Integration for Billingo
- Installations
- 3,000+
- Vulnerability
- ShopManager+ Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- 3.4.0
- Severity Score
- Medium
Create Block Theme
- Installations
- 200+
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
- Patched in Version
- 1.2.2
- Severity Score
- Critical
Automatic User Roles Switcher
- Plugin
- Automatic User Roles Switcher
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation
- Patched in Version
- 1.1.2
- Severity Score
- High
PublishPress Capabilities
- Plugin
- PublishPress Capabilities Pro
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ PHP Objection Injection
- Patched in Version
- 2.5.2
- 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.
WP Total Hacks
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Arbitrary Options Update to Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
- Severity Score
- High
WP Word Count
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- 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, and the severity rating.
Newspaper
- Theme
- Newspaper
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- 12
- Severity Score
- Medium
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