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2 Million Users Affected by Vulnerability in All in One SEO Pack

On July 10, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in All In One SEO Pack, a WordPress plugin installed on over 2 million sites.
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XSS Flaw Impacting 100,000 Sites Patched in KingComposer

On June 15, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team was made aware of a number of access control vulnerabilities that had recently been disclosed in KingComposer, a WordPress plugin installed on over 100,000 sites.
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Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in Adning Advertising Plugin

On June 24, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team was made aware of a possible vulnerability in the Adning Advertising plugin, a premium plugin with over 8,000 customers.
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WordPress 5.4.2 Patches Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities

WordPress Core version 5.4.2 has just been released. Since this release is marked as a combined security and bug fix update, we recommend updating as soon as possible.

High Severity Vulnerabilities in PageLayer Plugin Affect Over 200,000 WordPress Sites

A few weeks ago, our Threat Intelligence team discovered several vulnerabilities present in Page Builder: PageLayer – Drag and Drop website builder, a WordPress plugin actively installed on over 200,000 sites.

The Elementor Attacks: How Creative Hackers Combined Vulnerabilities to Take Over WordPress Sites

On May 6, our Threat Intelligence team was alerted to a zero-day vulnerability present in Elementor Pro, a WordPress plugin installed on approximately 1 million sites.

Vulnerability in Google WordPress Plugin Grants Attacker Search Console Access

On April 21st, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in Site Kit by Google, a WordPress plugin installed on over 300,000 sites.
One Attacker Outpaces All Others

One Attacker Outpaces All Others

Starting April 28th, we saw a 30 times increase in cross site scripting attack volume, originating from a single attacker, and targeting over a million WordPress sites.

Vulnerabilities Patched in Page Builder by SiteOrigin Affects Over 1 Million Sites

On Monday, May 4, 2020, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered two vulnerabilities present in Page Builder by SiteOrigin, a WordPress plugin actively installed on over 1,000,000 sites.
Combined Attack on Elementor Pro and Ultimate Addons for Elementor Puts 1 Million Sites at Risk

Combined Attack on Elementor Pro and Ultimate Addons for Elementor Puts 1 Million Sites at Risk

On May 6, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team received reports of active exploitation of vulnerabilities in two related plugins, Elementor Pro and Ultimate Addons for Elementor.