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$2,063 Bounty Awarded for Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Patched in User Registration WordPress Plugin

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$400 Bounty Awarded for SQL Injection Vulnerability Patched in WP Activity Log Premium WordPress Plugin

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$1,250 Bounty Awarded for Unauthenticated SQL Injection Vulnerability Patched in Email Subscribers by Icegram Express WordPress Plugin

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$937 Bounty Awarded for Privilege Escalation and Local File Inclusion Vulnerabilities Patched in MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin

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$657 Bounty Awarded for Arbitrary File Upload Patched in WEmanage App Worker WordPress Plugin

On February 1st, 2024, during our Bug Bounty Extravaganza, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Management App for WooCommerce, a WordPress plugin with 1,000+ active installations.

$5,500 Bounty Awarded for Unauthenticated SQL Injection Vulnerability Patched in LayerSlider WordPress Plugin

On March 25th, 2024, during our second Bug Bounty Extravaganza, we received a submission for an unauthenticated SQL Injection vulnerability in LayerSlider, a WordPress plugin with more than 1,000,000 estimated active installations.

Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Patched in WP-Members Membership Plugin – $500 Bounty Awarded

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$601 Bounty Awarded for Interesting Cross-Site Request Forgery to Local JS File Inclusion Vulnerability Patched in File Manager WordPress Plugin

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SQL Injection Vulnerability Patched in Tutor LMS WordPress Plugin

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Too Much Escaping Backfires, Allows Shortcode-Based XSS Vulnerability in Contact Form Entries WordPress Plugin

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