Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 22, 2024 to January 28, 2024)

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Last week, there were 52 vulnerabilities disclosed in 42 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 26 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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Total Unpatched & Patched Vulnerabilities Last Week

Patch Status	Number of Vulnerabilities
Unpatched	15
Patched	37

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Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating	Number of Vulnerabilities
Low Severity	0
Medium Severity	46
High Severity	5
Critical Severity	1

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Total Vulnerabilities by CWE Type Last Week

Vulnerability Type by CWE	Number of Vulnerabilities
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’)	25
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)	8
Missing Authorization	5
Improper Access Control	5
Deserialization of Untrusted Data	2
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)	2
Use of Insufficiently Random Values	1
Improper Control of Generation of Code (‘Code Injection’)	1
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)	1
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (‘Path Traversal’)	1
Inappropriate Source Code Style or Formatting	1

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Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name	Number of Vulnerabilities
Bob Matyas	8
Webbernaut	6
Francesco Carlucci	6
Krzysztof Zając	5
Daniel Ruf	4
Sh	2
Majed Refaea	2
Yuki Haruma	1
Tobias Weißhaar (kun_19)	1
Le Ngoc Anh	1
Byeongjun Jo	1
Pedro Cuco (Illex)	1
Bence Szalai	1
arpeetrathi	1
stealthcopter	1
Sam Pizzey (mopman)	1
Colin Xu	1
Ahmed Algohary	1
Akbar Kustirama	1
kodaichodai	1
Dipak Panchal (th3.d1p4k)	1
Nex Team	1
drop	1
Ma Long	1
SudoBash	1
Richard Telleng (stueotue)	1

 

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name	Software Slug
(Simply) Guest Author Name	guest-author-name
10Web AI Assistant – AI content writing assistant	ai-assistant-by-10web
AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages	accelerated-mobile-pages
Add SVG Support for Media Uploader | inventivo	add-svg-support-for-media-uploader-inventivo
Advanced Database Cleaner	advanced-database-cleaner
Advanced Schedule Posts	advanced-schedule-posts
Allow SVG	allow-svg
Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone	backuply
Better Follow Button for Jetpack	better-follow-button-for-jetpack
Better Search Replace	better-search-replace
Category Discount Woocommerce	woo-product-category-discount
Content Views – Post Grid, Slider, Accordion (Gutenberg Blocks and Shortcode)	content-views-query-and-display-post-page
Elementor Addons by Livemesh	addons-for-elementor
Exclusive Addons for Elementor	exclusive-addons-for-elementor
File Manager	wp-file-manager
File Manager Pro	wp-file-manager-pro
Form Maker by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder	form-maker
Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder	formidable
InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration	instawp-connect
Mang Board WP	mangboard
Marketing Twitter Bot	wordpress-twitterbot
Meks Smart Social Widget	meks-smart-social-widget
PDF Generator For Fluent Forms – The Contact Form Plugin	fluentforms-pdf
PDF Poster – PDF Embedder Plugin for WordPress	pdf-poster
Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions	paid-memberships-pro
SVG Uploads Support	svg-uploads-support
Sticky Buttons – floating buttons builder	sticky-buttons
Ultimate Noindex Nofollow Tool	ultimate-noindex-nofollow-tool
Views for WPForms – Display & Edit WPForms Entries on your site frontend	views-for-wpforms-lite
WP Customer Area	customer-area
WP Dashboard Notes	wp-dashboard-notes
WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps)	wp-google-maps
WP RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging	wp-rss-aggregator
WP-Reply Notify	wp-reply-notify
WPFront Notification Bar	wpfront-notification-bar
WebSub (FKA. PubSubHubbub)	pubsubhubbub
WolfNet IDX for WordPress	wolfnet-idx-for-wordpress
WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons	maxbuttons
WordPress Simple Shopping Cart	wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart
aBitGone CommentSafe	abitgone-commentsafe
coreActivity: Activity Logging plugin for WordPress	coreactivity
illi Link Party!	link-party

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Vulnerability Details

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Better Search Replace <= 1.4.4 – Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection

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File Manager Pro <= 8.3.4 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload

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InstaWP Connect <= 0.1.0.9 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection

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File Manager <= 7.2.1 – Sensitive Information Exposure via Backup Filenames

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illi Link Party! <= 1.0 – Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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coreActivity <= 1.8 – Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Advanced Database Cleaner <= 3.1.3 – Authenticated(Administrator+) PHP Object Injection via process_bulk_action

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10Web AI Assistant – AI content writing assistant <= 1.0.18 – Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation

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Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone <= 1.2.3 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal

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Elementor Addons by Livemesh <= 8.3.1 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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(Simply) Guest Author Name <= 4.34 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Add SVG Support for Media Uploader | inventivo <= 1.0.5 – Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG

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Exclusive Addons for Elementor <= 2.6.8 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Link Anything

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SVG Uploads Support <= 2.1.1 – Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG

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WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons <= 9.7.6 – Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode

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Allow SVG <= 1.1 – Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG

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aBitGone CommentSafe <= 1.0.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update and Cross-Site Request Forgery

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PDF Poster – PDF Embedder Plugin for WordPress <= 2.1.17 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Ultimate Noindex Nofollow Tool <= 1.1.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

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Advanced Schedule Posts <= 2.1.8 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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WP Customer Area <= 8.2.2 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Accelerated Mobile Pages <= 1.0.92.1 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps) <= 9.0.28 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Formidable Forms <= 6.7.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Marketing Twitter Bot <= 1.11 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update and Cross-Site Scripting

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Exclusive Addons for Elementor <= 2.6.8 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Form-Maker (twb_form-maker) <= 1.15.21 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Limited Code Execution via Execute

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illi Link Party! <= 1.0 – Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Link Deletion

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Category Discount Woocommerce <= 4.12 – Missing Authorization via wpcd_save_discount()

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Paid Memberships Pro <= 2.12.7 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Level Orders Update

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Category Discount Woocommerce <= 4.11 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via wpcd_save_discount()

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PDF Generator For Fluent Forms <= 1.1.7 – Cross-Site Scripting

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WPFront Notification Bar <= 3.3.2 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpfront-notification-bar-options[custom_class]

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Mang Board WP <= 1.7.7 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Meks Smart Social Widget <= 1.6.3 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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WP RSS Aggregator <= 4.23.4 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via RSS Feed Source

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Content Views <= 3.6.2 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings

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WordPress Simple Shopping Cart <= 4.7.1 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Sticky Buttons <= 3.2.2 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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WolfNet IDX for WordPress <= 1.19.1 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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illi Link Party! <= 1.0 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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WebSub (FKA. PubSubHubbub) <= 3.1.4 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Better Follow Button for Jetpack <= 8.0 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Views for WPForms <= 3.2.2 – Missing Authorization via get_form_fields

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Views for WPForms <= 3.2.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via create_view

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Views for WPForms <= 3.2.2 – Missing Authorization via save_view

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WP Dashboard Notes <= 1.0.10 – Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Private Notes Update

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WP-Reply Notify <= 1.1 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

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InstaWP Connect <= 0.1.0.9 – Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Dislcosure

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Views for WPForms <= 3.2.2 – Missing Authorization via create_view

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illi Link Party! <= 1.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

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Views for WPForms <= 3.2.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via save_view

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