Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 8, 2024 to January 14, 2024)

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Last week, there were 67 vulnerabilities disclosed in 60 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 29 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to ensure your site is not affected.

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New Firewall Rules Deployed Last Week

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team reviews each vulnerability to determine impact and severity, along with assessing the likelihood of exploitation, to verify that the Wordfence Firewall provides sufficient protection.

The team rolled out enhanced protection via firewall rules for the following vulnerabilities in real-time to our Premium, Care, and Response customers last week:

• Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block
• WAF-RULE-666 – This is for an undisclosed vulnerability that we are working with the vendor on getting patched.
• WAF-RULE-665 – This is for an undisclosed vulnerability that we are working with the vendor on getting patched.

Wordfence Premium, Care, and Response customers received this protection immediately, while users still running the free version of Wordfence will receive this enhanced protection after a 30 day delay.

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Total Unpatched & Patched Vulnerabilities Last Week

Patch Status	Number of Vulnerabilities
Unpatched	12
Patched	55

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Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating	Number of Vulnerabilities
Low Severity	1
Medium Severity	54
High Severity	7
Critical Severity	5

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Total Vulnerabilities by CWE Type Last Week

Vulnerability Type by CWE	Number of Vulnerabilities
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)	20
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’)	19
Missing Authorization	8
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)	4
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type	4
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)	3
Information Exposure	2
Information Exposure Through Debug Information	1
Exposure of Private Information (‘Privacy Violation’)	1
Use of Less Trusted Source	1
Protection Mechanism Failure	1
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)	1
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key	1
Improper Access Control	1

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Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name	Number of Vulnerabilities
Francesco Carlucci	5
Rafie Muhammad	4
Dave Jong	3
Daniel Ruf	2
Nex Team	2
drop	2
Artem Guzhva (hexcat)	2
Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)	2
Abdi Pranata	2
Brandon James Roldan (tomorrowisnew)	2
Webbernaut	2
Dateoljo of BoB 12th	1
Lucio Sá	1
LVT-tholv2k	1
Le Ngoc Anh	1
Huynh Tien Si	1
Mika	1
Joshua Chan	1
Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT)	1
Akbar Kustirama	1
Yudistira Arya	1
Naveen Muthusamy	1
thiennv	1
Yuchen Ji	1
Dmitrii Ignatyev	1
Rafshanzani Suhada	1
Ulyses Saicha	1
Elliot	1
Nicolas Decayeux	1

 

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name	Software Slug
AI Engine: Chatbots, Generators, Assistants, GPT 4 and more!	ai-engine
ARMember – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup	armember-membership
Advanced Flamingo	advanced-flamingo
Advanced Woo Search	advanced-woo-search
Auto Affiliate Links	wp-auto-affiliate-links
Beds24 Online Booking	beds24-online-booking
Constant Contact Forms by MailMunch	constant-contact-forms-by-mailmunch
Contact Form 7 Connector	ari-cf7-connector
Contact Form 7 Extension For Mailchimp	contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension
Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension	contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension
Customer Reviews for WooCommerce	customer-reviews-woocommerce
Download Monitor	download-monitor
Droit Elementor Addons – Widgets, Blocks, Templates Library For Elementor Builder	droit-elementor-addons
ElementsKit Elementor addons	elementskit-lite
Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers	email-encoder-bundle
Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates	essential-blocks
EventON	eventon-lite
EventON Pro	eventon
Football Pool	football-pool
Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder	formidable
GD Rating System	gd-rating-system
Gallery Plugin for WordPress – Envira Photo Gallery	envira-gallery-lite
Happy Addons for Elementor	happy-elementor-addons
Index Now	mihdan-index-now
InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration	instawp-connect
List category posts	list-category-posts
MailerLite – WooCommerce integration	woo-mailerlite
Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder	metform
Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress	newsletter
OneClick Chat to Order	oneclick-whatsapp-order
Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce	order-import-export-for-woocommerce
PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce	woocommerce-pdf-invoices-packing-slips
POST SMTP – The #1 WordPress SMTP Plugin with Advanced Email Logging and Delivery Failure Notifications	post-smtp
Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions	paid-memberships-pro
Photos and Files Contest Gallery – Contact Form, Upload Form, Social Share and Voting Plugin for WordPress	contest-gallery
Plugin for Google Reviews	widget-google-reviews
Products, Order & Customers Export for WooCommerce	export-woocommerce
Profile Builder Pro	profile-builder-pro
RabbitLoader	rabbit-loader
Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP	schema-and-structured-data-for-wp
Seraphinite Accelerator	seraphinite-accelerator
Seraphinite Alternative Slugs Manager	seraphinite-old-slugs-mgr
Shortcodes Finder	shortcodes-finder
Simple Inventory Management – just scan barcode to manage products and orders. For WooCommerce	barcode-scanner-lite-pos-to-manage-products-inventory-and-orders
Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor)	welcome-email-editor
TNC PDF viewer	pdf-viewer-by-themencode
The Events Calendar	the-events-calendar
Voting Record	voting-record
WP Register Profile With Shortcode	wp-register-profile-with-shortcode
WP SMS – Messaging & SMS Notification for WordPress, WooCommerce, GravityForms, etc	wp-sms
WP Spell Check	wp-spell-check
WP Testimonials	testimonial-widgets
WPS Hide Login	wps-hide-login
WooCommerce	woocommerce
Woocommerce Vietnam Checkout	woo-vietnam-checkout
Word Replacer Pro	word-replacer-ultra
WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons	maxbuttons
WordPress Live Chat Plugin for Elementor – LiveChat	livechat-elementor
WordPress Live Chat Plugin for WooCommerce – LiveChat	livechat-woocommerce
WordPress Manutenção	wp-manutencao

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Vulnerability Details

Please note that if you run the Wordfence plugin on your WordPress site, with the scanner enabled, you should’ve already been notified if your site was affected by any of these vulnerabilities. If you’d like to receive real-time notifications whenever a vulnerability is added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, check out our Slack and HTTP Webhook Integration, which is completely free to utilize.

Barcode Scanner with Inventory & Order Manager <= 1.5.1 – Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via uploadFile

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Customer Reviews for WooCommerce <= 5.38.9 – Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload

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AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot <= 1.9.98 – Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via rest_upload

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Barcode Scanner with Inventory & Order Manager <= 1.5.1 – Unauthenticated SQL Injection via userToken

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POST SMTP Mailer – Email log, Delivery Failure Notifications and Best Mail SMTP for WordPress <= 2.8.7 – Authorization Bypass via type connect-app API

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WP Testimonials <= 1.4.4 – Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection

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WP Register Profile With Shortcode <= 3.5.9 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to User Password Reset

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Profile Builder Pro <= 3.10.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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Download Monitor <= 4.9.4 – Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection

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Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce <= 2.4.3 – Authenticated (Shop Manager+) Arbitrary File Upload via upload_import_file

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PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce <= 3.7.5 – Authenticated (Shop Manager+) SQL Injection

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Index Now <= 2.6.3 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via reset_form

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EventON – WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin Pro <= 4.5.4 & Free <= 2.2.7 – Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Meta Update via evo_eventpost_update_meta

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List category posts <= 0.89.3 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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EventON – WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin <= 4.5.4 (Pro) & <= 2.2.8 (Free) – Cross-Site Request Forgery via save_virtual_event_settings

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Profile Builder Pro <= 3.10.0 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Time-Based One-Time Password Sensitive Information Exposure

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Word Replacer Pro <= 1.0 – Missing Authorization

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GD Rating System <= 3.5.0 – Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via IP

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EventON – WordPress Virtual Event Calendar Plugin Pro <= 4.5.4 & Free <= 2.2.7 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via evo_eventpost_update_meta

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Formidable Forms <= 6.7 – HTML Injection

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Happy Elementor Addons <= 3.10.0 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Voting Record <= 2.0 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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OneClick Chat to Order <= 1.0.5 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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Beds24 Online Booking <= 2.0.23 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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TNC PDF viewer <= 2.8.0 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Constant Contact Forms by MailMunch <= 2.0.11 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Plugin for Google Reviews <= 3.1 – Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode

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WP SMS <= 6.5.1 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers <= 2.1.9 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates <= 4.4.6 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Football pool <= 2.11.3 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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ARMember <= 4.0.22 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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WooCommerce < 8.4.0 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Profile Builder Pro <= 3.10.0 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Shortcodes Finder <= 1.5.4 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Advanced Woo Search <= 2.96 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Voting Record <= 2.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update and Cross-Site Scripting

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Auto Affiliate Links <= 6.4.2.7 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.8.1 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP <= 1.25 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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RabbitLoader <= 2.19.13 – Missing Authorization via multiple AJAX actions

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MailerLite – WooCommerce integration <= 2.0.8 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via Multiple AJAX Functions

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Contact Form 7 Extension For Mailchimp <= 0.5.70 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery

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Paid Memberships Pro <= 2.12.6 – Information Exposure in Debug Logs

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Seraphinite Accelerator <= 2.20.45 – Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File

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WordPress Manutenção <= 1.0.6 – IP Spoofing to Maintenance Mode Bypass

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The Events Calendar <= 6.2.8.2 – Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure

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ElementsKit Lite <= 3.0.3 – Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure

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Newsletter <= 8.0.6 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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Contest Gallery <= 21.2.8.4 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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Formidable Forms <= 6.7 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Woocommerce Vietnam Checkout <= 2.0.8 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons <= 9.7.4 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Swift SMTP <= 5.0.6 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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LiveChat Elementor <= 1.0.13 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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Envira Gallery Lite <= 1.8.7.2 – Missing Authorization to Gallery Modification via envira_gallery_insert_images

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InstaWP Connect <= 0.1.0.8 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via create_file_db_manager

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Seraphinite Alternative Slugs Manager <= 1.3 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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MailerLite – WooCommerce integration <= 2.0.8 – Missing Authorization via Multiple Functions

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LiveChat WooCommerce <= 2.2.16 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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Advanced Flamingo <= 1.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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WP Spell Check <= 9.17 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension <= 4.1.0 – Insecure Direct Object Reference

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Contact Form 7 Connector <= 1.2.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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Products & Order Export for WooCommerce <= 2.0.7 – Missing Authorization

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Droit Elementor Addons <= 3.1.5 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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WPS Hide Login <= 1.9.11 – Hidden Login Page Location Disclosure

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As a reminder, Wordfence has curated an industry leading vulnerability database with all known WordPress core, theme, and plugin vulnerabilities known as Wordfence Intelligence.

This database is continuously updated, maintained, and populated by Wordfence’s highly credentialed and experienced vulnerability researchers through in-house vulnerability research, vulnerability researchers submitting directly to us using our CVE Request form, and by monitoring varying sources to capture all publicly available WordPress vulnerability information and adding additional context where we can.

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