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 Vulnerabilities
WordPress 6.0.1 was released on July 12, 2022, as a short-cycle maintenance release with 31 bug fixes. Because this is a core update, be sure to update to WordPress 6.0.1 as soon as possible.
- No new WordPress core vulnerabilities were disclosed this week.
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.
Advanced Custom Fields
- Plugin
- Advanced Custom Fields
Better Search and Replace
- Plugin
- Better Search Replace
Duplicator
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated System Information Disclosure
Download Manager
- Plugin
- Download Manager
- Vulnerability
- Bypass IP Address Blocking Restriction
Social Chat
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Social Slider Feed
- Plugin
- Social Slider Feed
- Vulnerability
- Subscriber+ Stored XSS via Feeds; Reflected Cross-Site Scripting; Subscriber+ Arbitrary API Key Update to Stored XSS; Subscriber+ Arbitrary Feed Deletion
Feed Them Social
Simple Banner
- Plugin
- Simple Banner
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
WP phpMyAdmin
- Plugin
- WP phpMyAdmin
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting; Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Simple Job Board
- Plugin
- Simple Job Board
- Vulnerability
- Resume Disclosure via Directory Listing
Product Slider for WooCommerce
Automations By Autonami
Directorist
WP Coder
- Vulnerability
- Code Deletion via CSRF
WordPress Team Members Showcase
WP Sticky Button
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored XSS
Simple SEO
- Plugin
- Simple SEO
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Lana Downloads Manager
- Plugin
- Lana Downloads Manager
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Arbitrary File Download
Automatic pages for Privacy Policy, Terms, About, Contact us
Student Result or Employee Database
- Vulnerability
- Stored Cross Site Scripting via CSRF; Unauthorised REST Calls
Add Hierarchy (parent) to post
Debug Bar
Remove tabs and fields from WooCommerce
Ninja Job Board
- Vulnerability
- Resume Disclosure via Directory Listing
Profile & Dashboard fields
![Product image for Profile & Dashboard fields [Modify/Disable/Remove].](https://ps.w.org/modify-profile-fields-dashboard-menu-buttons/assets/banner-1544x500.png?rev=2284954)
Breadcrumbs Shortcode
- Plugin
- Breadcrumbs Shortcode
External url as post Featured Image
Require & Limit Categories, Tags, Featured Image and taxonomies
Download buttons for Youtube videos
Redirect By Cookie
- Plugin
- Redirect By Cookie
Images Asynchronous Load
- Plugin
- Images Asynchronous Load
Comment Fields [Modify/Disable/Remove]
![Product image for Comment Fields [Modify/Disable/Remove].](https://ps.w.org/modify-comment-fields/assets/banner-1544x500.png?rev=2283436)
LinkWorth Plugin
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Setting Update via CSRF
WPQA
Highlight Searched Terms in Results
API info for Plugins & Themes from WP.ORG
Add Custom Post Type into Post Query
All custom fields & groups
- Plugin
- All custom fields & groups
Rezgo Online Booking
Built-in Widgets Query extend
Find Slow Functions & Actions & Filters & Hooks (Debug Bar)
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.
Coming Soon – Under Construction
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
Yotpo Reviews for WooCommerce
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
Auto-hyperlink URLs
- Plugin
- Auto-hyperlink URLs
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
Floating Div
- Plugin
- Floating Div
- Vulnerability
- Author+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
Enable SVG, WebP & ICO Upload
- Vulnerability
- Author+ Arbitrary File Upload; Author+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
WPGraphQL WooCommerce
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Coupon Codes Disclosure
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
Transposh WordPress Translation
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
WP Edit Menu
- Plugin
- WP Edit Menu
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Post Deletion via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
BxSlider WP
- Plugin
- BxSlider WP
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
VR Calendar
- Plugin
- VR Calendar
- Vulnerability
- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting; Admin+ LFI
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
GS Testimonial Slider
- Plugin
- GS Testimonial Slider
- Vulnerability
- Author+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
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.
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