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 “Arturo” was released on May 24, 2022. This major version release of WordPress was “built to help you unlock your creative aspirations and make your site-building experience more intuitive,” including almost 1,000 enhancements and bug fixes. See what’s new in WordPress 6.0.
- 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.
Ninja Forms
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips
ShortPixel Image Optimizer
- Plugin
- ShortPixel Image Optimizer
404 to 301
GiveWP
WooCommerce Menu Cart
- Plugin
- WooCommerce Menu Cart
Flexible Shipping
Modula Image Gallery
Clearfy Cache
WP All Export
Checkout Fields Manager for WooCommerce
Woody Code Snippets
WordPress Real Cookie Banner
Photo Gallery by Supsystic
- Plugin
- Photo Gallery by Supsystic
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF
Gravity PDF
- Plugin
- Gravity PDF
WP Paginate
- Plugin
- WP-Paginate
- Vulnerability
- Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Easy Testimonials
- Plugin
- Easy Testimonials
Core Plugin for Kitestudio Themes
XO Slider
- Plugin
- XO Slider
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
eaSYNC
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
BuddyPress Group Reviews
WP Championship
FoxyShop
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.
Sharebar
- Plugin
- Sharebar
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored XSS via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
Button Widget Smartsoft
- Plugin
- Button Widget Smartsoft
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored XSS via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
Pricing Deals for WooCommerce
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
Comment License
- Plugin
- Comment License
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
Shortcut Macros
- Plugin
- Shortcut Macros
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
Awin Data Feed
- Plugin
- Awin Data Feed
- Vulnerability
- Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting; Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
Custom Popup Builder
- Plugin
- Popup | Custom Popup Builder
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
Rename wp-login.php
- Plugin
- Rename wp-login.php
- Vulnerability
- Secret URL Update via CSRF
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
Pagebar
- Vulnerability
- Arbitrary Settings Update via CSRF to Stored XSS
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
WooCommerce – Product Importer
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
WordPress Team Manager
- Plugin
- WordPress Team Manager
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Patched in Version
- No Fix
Travel Management
- Plugin
- Travel Management
- Vulnerability
- Contributor+ 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.
- Good news! No new WordPress theme vulnerabilities were disclosed this week.
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