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Wordfence Research and News
Category: WordPress Security
Unauthenticated SQL Injection Vulnerability Patched in WordPress Statistics Plugin
On February 7, 2022, Security Researcher Cyku Hong from DEVCORE reported a vulnerability to us that they discovered in WP Statistics, a WordPress plugin installed on over 600,000 sites.
Critical Vulnerabilities in PHP Everywhere Allow Remote Code Execution
On January 4, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team began the responsible disclosure process for several Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities in PHP Everywhere, a WordPress plugin installed on over 30,000 websites.
Announcing Wordfence Care and Wordfence Response
Today I’m incredibly excited to announce that we are launching two new products: Wordfence Care and Wordfence Response.
Unauthenticated XSS Vulnerability Patched in HTML Email Template Designer Plugin
On December 23, 2021 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for a vulnerability we discovered in “WordPress Email Template Designer – WP HTML Mail”, a WordPress plugin that is installed on over 20,000 sites.
84,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Three Plugins With The Same Vulnerability
On November 5, 2021 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for a vulnerability we discovered in “Login/Signup Popup”, a WordPress plugin that is installed on over 20,000 sites.
WordPress 5.8.3 Security Release
On January 6, 2022, the WordPress core team released WordPress version 5.8.3, which contains security patches for 4 high-severity vulnerabilities.
1.6 Million WordPress Sites Hit With 13.7 Million Attacks In 36 Hours From 16,000 IPs
Today, on December 9, 2021, our Threat Intelligence team noticed a drastic uptick in attacks targeting vulnerabilities that make it possible for attackers to update arbitrary options on vulnerable sites.
Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Patched in User Registration Plugin
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XSS Vulnerability Patched in Plugin Designed to Enhance WooCommerce
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AWS Attacks Targeting WordPress Increase 5X
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team has been tracking a huge increase in malicious login attempts against WordPress sites in our network.
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