Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 1, 2023 to May 7, 2023)

Last week, there were 58 vulnerabilities disclosed in 43 WordPress Plugins and 3 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 27 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:

• Easy Digital Downloads 3.1 – 3.1.1.4.1 – Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset to Privilege Escalation

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	14
Patched	44

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Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating	Number of Vulnerabilities
Low Severity	1
Medium Severity	48
High Severity	8
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’)	31
Missing Authorization	9
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)	5
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)	3
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)	2
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (‘Path Traversal’)	2
Improper Authentication	1
Information Exposure	1
Unverified Password Change	1
URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (‘Open Redirect’)	1
Deserialization of Untrusted Data	1
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)	1

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Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name	Number of Vulnerabilities
Dave Jong	7
Lana Codes	7
yuyudhn	4
Le Ngoc Anh	3
Mika	3
Rafie Muhammad	3
Junsu Yeo	2
Erwan LR	2
LEE SE HYOUNG	2
Chien Vuong	2
deokhunKim	2
Alex Sanford	2
Fioravante Souza	1
Nguyen Xuan Chien	1
Ivan Kuzymchak	1
Yash Kanchhal	1
WPScanTeam	1
Sanjay Das	1
Marco Wotschka	1
Taurus Omar	1
Nguyen Anh Tien	1
Suprit S Pandurangi	1
Skalucy	1
Ramuel Gall	1
thiennv	1
Phd	1
Pablo Sanchez	1

 

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name	Software Slug
Add to Feedly	add-to-feedly
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)	advanced-custom-fields
Advanced Custom Fields Pro	advanced-custom-fields-pro
Advanced Woo Search	advanced-woo-search
Albo Pretorio On line	albo-pretorio-on-line
AnyWhere Elementor	anywhere-elementor
CM Pop-Up banners for WordPress	cm-pop-up-banners
Community by PeepSo – Social Network, Membership, Registration, User Profiles	peepso-core
Contact Form 7 extension for Google Map fields	cf7-google-map
Cryptocurrency Payment & Donation Box – Accept Payments in any Cryptocurrency on your WP Site for Free	cryptocurrency-donation-box
Custom 404 Pro	custom-404-pro
DX Delete Attached Media	dx-delete-attached-media
Easy Appointments	easy-appointments
Easy Digital Downloads – Simple eCommerce for Selling Digital Files	easy-digital-downloads
FV Flowplayer Video Player	fv-wordpress-flowplayer
Fast & Effective Popups & Lead-Generation for WordPress – HollerBox	holler-box
Hostel	hostel
Image Optimizer by 10web – Image Optimizer and Compression plugin	image-optimizer-wd
Library Viewer	library-viewer
Login rebuilder	login-rebuilder
Loginizer	loginizer
Manager for Icomoon	manager-for-icomoon
Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder – Flexible and Design-Friendly Contact Form builder plugin for WordPress	metform
Multi Rating	multi-rating
Newsletter Popup	newsletter-popup
OSM – OpenStreetMap	osm
Otter – Gutenberg Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE	otter-blocks
Participants Database	participants-database
Photo Gallery by Ays – Responsive Image Gallery	gallery-photo-gallery
Product Addons & Fields for WooCommerce	woocommerce-product-addon
Spiffy Calendar	spiffy-calendar
TK Google Fonts GDPR Compliant	tk-google-fonts
TP Education	tp-education
UserAgent-Spy	useragent-spy
WOLF – WordPress Posts Bulk Editor and Manager Professional	bulk-editor
WP Directory Kit	wpdirectorykit
WP Docs	wp-docs
WP EasyPay – Square for WordPress	wp-easy-pay
WP Fastest Cache	wp-fastest-cache
WP Job Portal – A Complete Job Board	wp-job-portal
WP-FormAssembly	formassembly-web-forms
WPO365 | Mail Integration for Office 365 / Outlook	mail-integration-365
WPPizza – A Restaurant Plugin	wppizza

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WordPress Themes with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name	Software Slug
Editorialmag	editorialmag
JupiterX	jupiterx
TheGem	thegem

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Vulnerability Details

Easy Digital Downloads 3.1 – 3.1.1.4.1 – Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset to Privilege Escalation

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Otter – Gutenberg Blocks <= 2.2.5 – Authenticated (Author+) PHAR Deserialization

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CM Pop-Up banners <= 1.5.10 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via getStatistics

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AnyWhere Elementor <= 1.2.7 – Sensitive Information Exposure

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JupiterX Theme <= 3.0.0 – Authenticated Local File Inclusion via print_pane

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TK Google Fonts GDPR Compliant <= 2.2.7 – Authorization Bypass

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Newsletter Popup <= 1.2 – Unauthenticted Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ‘nl_data’

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Cryptocurrency Donation Box – Bitcoin & Crypto Donations <= 2.2.5 – Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection

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Contact Form 7 extension for Google Map fields <= 1.8.3 – Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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HollerBox <= 2.1.3 – Authenticated (edit_popups+) SQL Injection

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Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.3.0 – Missing Authorization

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WP Directory Kit <= 1.2.2 – Missing Authorization to Plugin Installation, Settings Change/Delete, Demo Import, Directory Kit Deletion via wdk_public_action

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WP Fastest Cache <= 1.1.4 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Blind Server Side Request Forgery via check_url

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WOLF <= 1.0.6 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpbe_update_page_field

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OSM – OpenStreetMap <= 6.1 – Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode

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Library Viewer <= 2.0.6 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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Manager for Icomoon <= 2.0 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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TP Education <= 4.4 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes

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TheGem < 5.8.1.1 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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TheGem < 5.8.1.1 – Missing Authorization

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TheGem < 5.8.1.1 – Improper Authentication

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Easy Appointments <= 3.11.9 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via multiple AJAX actions

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Editorialmag <= 1.1.9 – Missing Authorization to Authenticated Plugin Activation

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WPO365 | Mail Integration for Office 365 / Outlook <= 1.9.0 – reflected Cross-Site Scripting via error_description

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WPPizza <= 3.17.1 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Loginizer <= 1.7.8 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ‘limit_session[count]’

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Custom 404 Pro <= 3.7.2 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ‘s’

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WP Docs <= 1.9.9 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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FV Flowplayer Video Player <= 7.5.32.7212 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via id

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Albo Pretorio Online <= 4.6.3 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Advanced Custom Fields PRO <= 6.1.5 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ‘post_status’

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PPOM for WooCommerce <= 32.0.6 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Photo Gallery by Ays <= 5.1.3 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ays_gpg_settings_tab

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Albo Pretorio Online <= 4.6.3 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Advanced Custom Fields <= 6.1.5 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ‘post_status’

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WP EasyPay <= 4.0.4 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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TheGem < 5.8.1.1 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Participants Database <= 2.4.9 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via _process_general

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Library Viewer <= 2.0.6 – Open Redirect via ‘redirect_to’

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Community by PeepSo <= 6.0.9.0 – Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure

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WP Job Portal <= 1.1.9 – Missing Authorization to Settings Modification

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Multi Rating <= 5.0.6 – Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Ratings Value Change

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WP-FormAssembly <= 2.0.8 – Limited Server Side Request Forgery via ‘formassembly’ shortcode

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Spiffy Calendar <= 4.9.3 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via page parameter

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Add to Feedly <= 1.2.11 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings

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Advanced Woo Search <= 2.77 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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UserAgent-Spy <= 1.3.1 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings

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Multi Rating <= 5.0.6 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings

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Login rebuilder <= 2.8.0 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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PPOM for WooCommerce <= 32.0.5 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings

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Participants Database <= 2.4.9 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings

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Hostel <= 1.1.5.1 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Manage Bookings

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Newsletter Popup <= 1.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Record Deletion

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DX Delete Attached Media <= 2.0.2 – Missing Authorization to Settings Update

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Multi Rating <= 5.0.6 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Ratings Value Change

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WP Job Portal <= 1.1.9 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Modification

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WOLF <= 1.0.6 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via wpbe_update_page_field

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Image Optimizer by 10web <= 1.0.26 – Authenticated(Administator+) Directory Traversal

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