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Wordfence Research and News
Category: WordPress Security
High-Severity Vulnerability Patched in Advanced Access Manager
On August 13, 2020, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team finished investigating two vulnerabilities in Advanced Access Manager, a WordPress plugin with over 100,000 installations, including a high-severity Authorization Bypass vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation and site takeover.
10 WordPress Security Mistakes You Might Be Making
Yesterday, August 18, 2020, the Wordfence Live team covered 10 WordPress Security Mistakes You Might be Making.
Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in Quiz and Survey Master Plugin
On July 17, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team discovered two vulnerabilities in Quiz and Survey Master (QSM), a WordPress plugin installed on over 30,000 sites.
WordPress Auto-Updates: What do you have to lose?
A new feature that will allow automatic updating of plugins and themes will be available in WordPress version 5.5, which is scheduled to be released on August 11, 2020.
The Official Facebook Chat Plugin Created Vector for Social Engineering Attacks
On June 26, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in The Official Facebook Chat Plugin, a WordPress plugin installed on over 80,000 sites.
Critical Vulnerability Exposes over 700,000 Sites Using Divi, Extra, and Divi Builder
On July 23, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability present in two themes by Elegant Themes, Divi and Extra, as well as Divi Builder, a WordPress plugin.
Newsletter Plugin Vulnerabilities Affect Over 300,000 Sites
On July 13, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team was alerted to a recently patched vulnerability in Newsletter, a WordPress plugin with over 300,000 installations.
Critical Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability Patched in wpDiscuz Plugin
On June 19th, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability present in Comments – wpDiscuz, a WordPress plugin installed on over 80,000 sites.
High Severity Vulnerability Patched in TC Custom JavaScript
On June 12, 2020, Wordfence Threat Intelligence discovered an unauthenticated stored Cross-Site Scripting(XSS) vulnerability in TC Custom JavaScript, a WordPress plugin with over 10,000 installations.
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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