Chloe Chamberland, Author at Wordfence

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 15, 2023 to May 21, 2023)

Last week, there were 82 vulnerabilities disclosed in 59 WordPress Plugins and 11 WordPress themes, along with 6 in WordPress Core, that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 26 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week.

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 8, 2023 to May 14, 2023)

Last week, there were 139 vulnerabilities disclosed in 105 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 47 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week.

PSA: Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Essential Addons for Elementor

On May 11 2023, Essential Addons for Elementor, a WordPress plugin with over one million active installations, released a patch for a critical vulnerability that made it possible for any unauthenticated user to reset arbitrary user passwords, including user accounts with administrative-level access.

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.

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Apr 17, 2023 to Apr 23, 2023)

Last week, there were 152 vulnerabilities disclosed in 134 WordPress Plugins and 0 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 41 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week.

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Apr 10, 2023 to Apr 16, 2023)

Last week, there were 69 vulnerabilities disclosed in 60 WordPress plugins and 4 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 32 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week.

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Apr 3, 2023 to Apr 9, 2023)

Last week, there were 97 vulnerabilities disclosed in 63 WordPress Plugins and 5 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 28 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week.

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Patched Promptly in WP Data Access WordPress Plugin

On April 5, 2023 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for a vulnerability we discovered in WP Data Access, a WordPress plugin that is installed on over 10,000 sites.

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Mar 27, 2023 to Apr 2, 2023)

Last week, there were 82 vulnerabilities disclosed in 70 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress theme that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 34 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week.

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Mar 20, 2023 to Mar 26, 2023)

Last week, there were 80 vulnerabilities disclosed in 69 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress theme that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 31 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week.

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