Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 11, 2023 to September 17, 2023)

Last week, there were 55 vulnerabilities disclosed in 46 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 15 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:

• WPvivid Backup Plugin <= 0.9.90 – Missing Authorization via start_staging and get_staging_progress
• MultiVendorX <= 4.0.25 – Improper Authorization on REST Routes via save_settings_permission
• PowerPress <= 11.0.10 – Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Media URL

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	16
Patched	39

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Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating	Number of Vulnerabilities
Low Severity	0
Medium Severity	37
High Severity	16
Critical Severity	2

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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’)	18
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)	7
Missing Authorization	6
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)	5
Deserialization of Untrusted Data	5
Information Exposure	4
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key	3
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)	2
Improper Control of Generation of Code (‘Code Injection’)	1
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program (‘PHP Remote File Inclusion’)	1
Incorrect Privilege Assignment	1
Improper Authorization	1
Unverified Password Change	1

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Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name	Number of Vulnerabilities
Lana Codes (Wordfence Vulnerability Researcher)	20
foobar7	5
Marco Wotschka (Wordfence Vulnerability Researcher)	5
Yan&Co ApS	2
Vladislav Pokrovsky	2
Chloe Chamberland (Wordfence Vulnerability Researcher)	1
Nguyen Anh Tien	1
Do Xuan Trung	1
osama-hamad	1
Rafie Muhammad	1
Dmitrii Ignatyev	1
Alex Thomas (Wordfence Vulnerability Researcher)	1
teo23mal	1
David Anderson	1
Pablo Sanchez	1

 

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name	Software Slug
10Web Map Builder for Google Maps	wd-google-maps
Allow PHP in Posts and Pages	allow-php-in-posts-and-pages
Awesome Weather Widget	awesome-weather
BAN Users	ban-users
Booking Calendar	booking
Booking calendar, Appointment Booking System	booking-calendar
Booster for WooCommerce	woocommerce-jetpack
Checkout Field Editor	woocommerce-checkout-field-editor
Comments – wpDiscuz	wpdiscuz
Crayon Syntax Highlighter	crayon-syntax-highlighter
DoLogin Security	dologin
Dropbox Folder Share	dropbox-folder-share
Enable Media Replace	enable-media-replace
Essential Addons for Elementor	essential-addons-for-elementor-lite
Essential Blocks Pro	essential-blocks-pro
Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates	essential-blocks
Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin)	feeds-for-youtube
File Manager Pro – Filester	filester
Google Maps Plugin by Intergeo	intergeo-maps
Horizontal scrolling announcement	horizontal-scrolling-announcement
JQuery Accordion Menu Widget	jquery-vertical-accordion-menu
Jetpack CRM – Clients, Leads, Invoices, Billing, Email Marketing, & Automation	zero-bs-crm
Leyka	leyka
Login with phone number	login-with-phone-number
MapPress Maps for WordPress	mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress
Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid	wpvivid-backuprestore
MultiVendorX – MultiVendor Marketplace Solution For WooCommerce	dc-woocommerce-multi-vendor
Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder	pagelayer
Photospace Responsive Gallery	photospace-responsive
PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry	powerpress
Quiz And Survey Master – Best Quiz, Exam and Survey Plugin for WordPress	quiz-master-next
Read More & Accordion	expand-maker
ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF	shortpixel-image-optimiser
Simplr Registration Form Plus+	simplr-registration-form
Slimstat Analytics	wp-slimstat
Testimonial Slider Shortcode	testimonial-slider-shortcode
WP Customer Reviews	wp-customer-reviews
WP User Control	wp-user-control
WS Facebook Like Box Widget	ws-facebook-likebox
Welcart e-Commerce	usc-e-shop
WooCommerce	woocommerce
WooCommerce Beta Tester	woocommerce-beta-tester
WooCommerce CVR Payment Gateway	woocommerce-cvr-payment-gateway
WooCommerce EAN Payment Gateway	woocommerce-ean-payment-gateway
WooCommerce Subscription	woocommerce-subscriptions
WordPress File Upload	wp-file-upload
woocommerce-checkout-field-editor	woocommerce-checkout-field-editor

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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.

Allow PHP in Posts and Pages <= 3.0.4 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Remote Code Execution via Shortcode

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Dropbox Folder Share <= 1.9.7 – Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion

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Slimstat Analytics <= 5.0.9 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Blind SQL Injection via Shortcode

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Welcart e-Commerce <= 2.8.21 – Authenticated(level_5+) SQL Injection via get_logs

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Simplr Registration Form Plus+ <= 2.4.5 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary User Password Change

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Login with phone number <= 1.4.8 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to User Password Change

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Essential Addons for Elementor <= 5.8.8 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation

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BAN Users <= 1.5.3 – Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update & Privilege Escalation

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Horizontal scrolling announcement <= 9.2 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via Shortcode

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File Manager Pro – Filester – <= 1.7.6 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Rename

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MultiVendorX <= 4.0.25 – Improper Authorization on REST Routes via ‘save_settings_permission’

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WPvivid Backup Plugin <= 0.9.90 – Missing Authorization via ‘start_staging’ and ‘get_staging_progress’

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Essential Blocks <= 4.2.0 – Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via products

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Essential Blocks <= 4.2.0 – Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via queries

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Read More & Accordion <= 3.2.2 – Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection

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Booking calendar, Appointment Booking System <= 3.2.8 – Multiple Authenticated(Editor+) SQL Injection

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Dropbox Folder Share <= 1.9.7 – Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery via ‘link’

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WooCommerce Beta Tester < 2.2.4 – Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection

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Enable Media Replace <= 4.1.2 – Authenticated(Editor+) PHP Object Injection

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ShortPixel Image Optimizer <= 5.4.1 – Authenticated(Editor+) PHP Object Injection

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Booking Calendar <= 9.7.3 – Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Testimonial Slider Shortcode <= 1.1.8 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability via Shortcode

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Feeds for YouTube <= 2.1 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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Awesome Weather Widget <= 3.0.2 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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Crayon Syntax Highlighter <= 2.8.4 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Server Side Request Forgery

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WS Facebook Like Box Widget <= 5.0 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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Booster for WooCommerce <= 7.1.0 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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PowerPress <= 11.0.10 – Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Media URL

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JQuery Accordion Menu Widget <= 3.1.2 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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MapPress Maps for WordPress <= 2.88.4 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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Google Maps Plugin by Intergeo <= 2.3.2 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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Horizontal scrolling announcement <= 9.2 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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Jetpack CRM <= 5.5.0 – Authenticated (Client+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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PageLayer <= 1.7.6 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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WooCommerce <= 7.8.2 – Sensitive Information Exposure

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wpDiscuz <= 7.6.3 – Insecure Direct Object Reference to Post Rating Increase/Decrease

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wpDiscuz <= 7.6.3 – Insecure Direct Object Reference to Comment Rating Increase/Decrease

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Leyka <= 3.30.3 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure

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WP User Control <= 1.5.3 – Insecure Password Reset Mechanism

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WooCommerce <= 7.0.0 – Authenticated(Shop Manager+) Sensitive Information Exposure

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WordPress File Upload <= 4.23.2 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Jetpack CRM <= 5.5.0 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Photospace Responsive <= 2.1.1 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.90 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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WP Customer Reviews <= 3.6.6 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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WooCommerce Subscription < 4.6.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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DoLogin Security <= 3.7 – Missing Authorization on Dashboard Widget

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WooCommerce EAN Payment Gateway < 6.1.0 – Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) EAN Update

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Quiz And Survey Master <= 8.1.15 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via ‘display_results’

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10Web Map Builder for Google Maps <= 1.0.73 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Notice Dismissal

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10Web Map Builder for Google Maps <= 1.0.73 – Missing Authorization to Notice Dismissal

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Checkout Field Editor (Premium) < 1.7.5 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

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Booster for WooCommerce <= 7.1.0 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Disclosure via Shortcode

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Checkout Field Editor <= 1.7.4 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Checkout Fields Update

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WooCommerce CVR Payment Gateway < 6.1.0 – Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) CVR Update

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