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Wordfence Research and News
Category: WordPress Security
Over 600,000 Sites Impacted by WP Statistics Patch
On March 13, 2021, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated responsible disclosure for a vulnerability in WP Statistics, a plugin installed on over 600,000 WordPress sites.
WordPress 5.7.2 Security Release: What You Need to Know
On May 13, 2021 01:00 UTC, WordPress core released a security patch for a Critical Object Injection vulnerability in PHPMailer, the component that WordPress uses to send emails by default.
Critical Vulnerability Patched in External Media Plugin
On February 2, 2021, our Threat Intelligence team responsibly disclosed the details of a vulnerability in External Media, a WordPress plugin used by over 8,000 sites.
SQL Injection Vulnerability Patched in CleanTalk AntiSpam Plugin
On March 4, 2021, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated responsible disclosure for a Time-Based Blind SQL Injection vulnerability discovered in Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk, a WordPress plugin installed on over 100,000 sites.
Severe Unpatched Vulnerabilities Leads to Closure of Store Locator Plus Plugin
On March 5, 2021, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team wrapped up an investigation that led to the discovery of a privilege escalation vulnerability along with several additional vulnerabilities in Store Locator Plus, a WordPress plugin installed on over 9,000 sites.
PSA: Remove Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder Addons Plugin Immediately
Today, April 21, 2021, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team became aware of a critical 0-day vulnerability that is being actively exploited in Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder Addons, a premium plugin that we estimate has over 10,000 installations.
Severe Vulnerabilities Patched in Redirection for Contact Form 7 Plugin
On February 11, 2021, our Threat Intelligence team responsibly disclosed several vulnerabilities in Redirection for Contact Form 7, a WordPress plugin used by over 200,000 sites.
Widespread Attacks Continue Targeting Vulnerabilities in The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro
Over the past 10 days, Wordfence has blocked over 14 million attacks targeting Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities in The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro on over 75% of sites reporting attacks during this period.
Recent Patches Rock the Elementor Ecosystem
This post has been updated with additional plugins that have been patched since its original publication.
Vulnerabilities Patched in WP Page Builder
On February 15, 2021, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team began the responsible disclosure process for several vulnerabilities in WP Page Builder, a plugin installed on over 10,000 sites.
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