Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (March 11, 2024 to March 17, 2024)
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Last week, there were 167 vulnerabilities disclosed in 129 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress Theme that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 70 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:
- WAF-RULE-684 – Data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.
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.
Total Unpatched & Patched Vulnerabilities Last Week
Patch Status | Number of Vulnerabilities |
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Patched | 156 |
Unpatched | 11 |
Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week
Severity Rating | Number of Vulnerabilities |
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Medium Severity | 140 |
High Severity | 20 |
Critical Severity | 7 |
Total Vulnerabilities by CWE Type Last Week
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | 110 |
Missing Authorization | 18 |
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | 15 |
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') | 4 |
Deserialization of Untrusted Data | 3 |
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') | 3 |
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor | 2 |
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) | 2 |
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type | 2 |
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key | 1 |
Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Data Queries | 1 |
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') | 1 |
Improper Input Validation | 1 |
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') | 1 |
Incorrect Authorization | 1 |
Insufficiently Protected Credentials | 1 |
Missing Critical Step in Authentication | 1 |
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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week
Software Name | Software Slug |
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Accordion | accordions |
Advanced Access Manager – Restricted Content, Users & Roles, Enhanced Security and More | advanced-access-manager |
Advanced Sermons | advanced-sermons |
Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall | gotmls |
AntiSpam for Contact Form 7 | cf7-antispam |
ARMember – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup | armember-membership |
Auto Affiliate Links | wp-auto-affiliate-links |
Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin | awesome-support |
Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone | backuply |
Barcode Scanner and Inventory manager. POS (Point of Sale) – scan barcodes & create orders with barcode reader. | barcode-scanner-lite-pos-to-manage-products-inventory-and-orders |
Beaver Builder Addons by WPZOOM | wpzoom-addons-for-beaver-builder |
Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder | beaver-builder-lite-version |
Builder for WooCommerce product reviews shortcodes – ReviewShort | woo-product-reviews-shortcode |
Bulgarisation for WooCommerce | bulgarisation-for-woocommerce |
Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress | burst-statistics |
Calendarista Basic Edition – WordPress appointment booking system | calendarista-basic-edition |
Contact Form 7 | contact-form-7 |
Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on | contact-form-7-paypal-add-on |
Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced Contact Us Form Builder for WordPress | contact-form-plugin |
Contact Form by Bit Form: Multi Step Form, Calculation Contact Form, Payment Contact Form & Custom Contact Form builder | bit-form |
Coupon Affiliates – Affiliate Plugin for WooCommerce | woo-coupon-usage |
Crisp – Live Chat and Chatbot | crisp |
Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List | cryptocurrency-price-ticker-widget |
CWW Companion | cww-companion |
Database for Contact Form 7 | cf7-database |
Download Manager Pro | download-manager |
DSGVO All in one for WP | dsgvo-all-in-one-for-wp |
Easiest Funnel Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce by WPFunnels | wpfunnels |
Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery – Post Feed – Like Box | easy-facebook-likebox |
ElementInvader Addons for Elementor | elementinvader-addons-for-elementor |
Elementor Addon Elements | addon-elements-for-elementor-page-builder |
Elementor Addons by Livemesh | addons-for-elementor |
Elementor Header & Footer Builder | header-footer-elementor |
Elements Plus! | elements-plus |
ElementsKit Elementor addons | elementskit-lite |
Email Subscription Popup | email-subscribe |
Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Addon, Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders | essential-addons-for-elementor-lite |
Everest Forms – Build Contact Forms, Surveys, Polls, Quizzes, Newsletter & Application Forms, and Many More with Ease! | everest-forms |
Evergreen Content Poster – Auto Post and Schedule Your Best Content to Social Media | evergreen-content-poster |
Extensions For CF7 (Contact form 7 Database, Conditional Fields and Redirection) | extensions-for-cf7 |
f(x) Private Site | fx-private-site |
Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering | food-and-drink-menu |
Free Downloads WooCommerce | download-now-for-woocommerce |
FV Flowplayer Video Player | fv-wordpress-flowplayer |
GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform | give |
Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP – Page Builder Features | kadence-blocks |
HT Easy GA4 – Google Analytics WordPress Plugin | ht-easy-google-analytics |
HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor | ht-mega-for-elementor |
Hubbub Lite – Fast, Reliable Social Sharing Buttons | social-pug |
HUSKY – Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce | woocommerce-products-filter |
Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups | wordpress-popup |
Inline Related Posts | intelly-related-posts |
JetWidgets For Elementor | jetwidgets-for-elementor |
Knight Lab Timeline | knight-lab-timelinejs |
LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor | lastudio-element-kit |
LadiApp: Landing Page, PopupX, Marketing Automation, Affiliate Marketing… | ladipage |
Link Library | link-library |
Link Whisper Free | link-whisper |
Malware Scanner | miniorange-malware-protection |
MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education | masterstudy-lms-learning-management-system |
MJM Clinic | mjm-clinic |
Mollie Forms | mollie-forms |
Multiple Page Generator Plugin – MPG | multiple-pages-generator-by-porthas |
News Announcement Scroll | news-announcement-scroll |
Newsletter2Go | newsletter2go |
oik | oik |
Otter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE | otter-blocks |
OxyExtras | oxyextras |
Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks | coblocks |
Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress | wp-user-avatar |
Permalink Manager Lite | permalink-manager |
Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks – ComboBlocks | post-grid |
Premium Addons for Elementor | premium-addons-for-elementor |
Premmerce Permalink Manager for WooCommerce | woo-permalink-manager |
Prime Slider – Addons For Elementor (Revolution of a slider, Hero Slider, Ecommerce Slider) | bdthemes-prime-slider-lite |
PropertyHive | propertyhive |
Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker | quiz-master-next |
Registration Forms – User Registration Forms, Invitation-Based Registrations, Front-end User Profile, Login Form & Content Restriction | pie-register |
RegistrationMagic – User Registration Plugin with Custom Registration Forms | custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager |
Related Posts for WordPress | related-posts-for-wp |
Scrollsequence – Cinematic Scroll Image Animation Plugin | scrollsequence |
Sell Tickets – Event Ticketing and Event Registration – Ticket Tailor for WordPress | ticket-tailor |
Shariff Wrapper | shariff |
ShopLentor – WooCommerce Builder for Elementor & Gutenberg +16 Modules – All in One Solution (formerly WooLentor) | woolentor-addons |
Simple Job Board | simple-job-board |
Site Reviews | site-reviews |
Sitekit | sitekit |
Sky Addons for Elementor (Free Templates Library, Live Copy, Animations, Post Grid, Post Carousel, Particles, Sliders, Chart, Blog, Video Gallery) | sky-elementor-addons |
Smart Online Order for Clover | clover-online-orders |
Social Media Share Buttons | social-media-builder |
Specific Content For Mobile – Customize the mobile version without redirections | specific-content-for-mobile |
Super Page Cache | wp-cloudflare-page-cache |
SupportCandy – Helpdesk & Customer Support Ticket System | supportcandy |
Survey Maker | survey-maker |
Tablesome Table – Contact Form DB – WPForms, CF7, Gravity, Forminator, Fluent | tablesome |
Team Circle Image Slider With Lightbox | circle-image-slider-with-lightbox |
The Moneytizer | the-moneytizer |
Themify – WooCommerce Product Filter | themify-wc-product-filter |
Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution | tutor |
Ultimate Gift Cards for WooCommerce – Create WooCommerce Gift Cards, Gift Vouchers, Redeem & Manage Digital Gift Coupons. Offer Gift Certificates, Schedule Gift Cards, and Use Advance Coupons With Personalized Templates | woo-gift-cards-lite |
User profile | user-profile |
UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP | userswp |
Video Conferencing with Zoom | video-conferencing-with-zoom-api |
Visual Composer Website Builder | visualcomposer |
Visualizer: Tables and Charts Manager for WordPress | visualizer |
WC Shop Sync – Square Payment Gateway for WooCommerce, Inventory Sync Between Square and WooCommerce, Ultimate WooCommerce Square Plugin | woosquare |
Web Application Firewall – website security | web-application-firewall |
weForms – Easy Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder For WordPress | weforms |
WEN Responsive Columns | wen-responsive-columns |
WooCommerce Cart Abandonment Recovery | woo-cart-abandonment-recovery |
WooCommerce Google Feed Manager | wp-product-feed-manager |
WooCommerce License Manager | fs-license-manager |
WooThumbs for WooCommerce by Iconic | iconic-woothumbs |
Word Replacer Pro | word-replacer-ultra |
WordPress Automatic Plugin | wp-automatic |
WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti | contact-forms |
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam | honeypot |
WP Calameo | wp-calameo |
WP Fusion Lite – Marketing Automation and CRM Integration for WordPress | wp-fusion-lite |
WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps) | wp-google-maps |
WP Popups – WordPress Popup builder | wp-popups-lite |
WP Recipe Maker | wp-recipe-maker |
WP Responsive Tabs horizontal vertical and accordion Tabs | responsive-horizontal-vertical-and-accordion-tabs |
WP SendFox | wp-sendfox |
WP Statistics – The Most Popular Privacy-Friendly Analytics Plugin | wp-statistics |
wp-mpdf | wp-mpdf |
WPBakery Page Builder Addons by Livemesh | addons-for-visual-composer |
YITH WooCommerce Product Add-Ons | yith-woocommerce-product-add-ons |
Zippy | zippy |
WordPress Themes with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week
Software Name | Software Slug |
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Blossom Spa | blossom-spa |
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.
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 through our Bug Bounty Program, and by monitoring varying sources to capture all publicly available WordPress vulnerability information and adding additional context where we can.
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