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Wordfence Research and News
Category: WordPress Security
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.
28,000 GoDaddy Hosting Accounts Compromised
This is a public service announcement (PSA) from the Wordfence team regarding a security issue which may impact some of our customers.
Nearly a Million WP Sites Targeted in Large-Scale Attacks
Our Threat Intelligence Team has been tracking a sudden uptick in attacks targeting Cross-Site Scripting(XSS) vulnerabilities that began on April 28, 2020 and increased over the next few days to approximately 30 times the normal volume we see in our attack data.
Unpacking The 7 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Today’s WordPress 5.4.1 Security Update
WordPress Core version 5.4.1 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 Vulnerability Patched in Ninja Forms
On April 27, 2020, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered a Cross-Site Request Forgery(CSRF) vulnerability in Ninja Forms, a WordPress plugin with over 1 million installations.
High-Severity Vulnerabilities Patched in LearnPress
On March 16, 2020, LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin, a WordPress plugin with over 80,000 installations, patched a high-severity vulnerability that allowed subscriber-level users to elevate their permissions to those of an “LP Instructor”, a custom role with capabilities similar to the WordPress “author” role, including the ability to upload files and create posts containing ...
High Severity Vulnerability Patched in Real-Time Find and Replace Plugin
On April 22, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in Real-Time Find and Replace, a WordPress plugin installed on over 100,000 sites.
Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in MapPress Maps Plugin
On April 1, 2020, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team discovered two vulnerabilities in MapPress Maps for WordPress, a WordPress plugin with over 80,000 installations.
Unpatched High-Severity Vulnerability in Widget Settings Importer/Exporter Plugin
On March 12, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Widget Settings Importer/Exporter, a WordPress plugin with over 40,000 installations.
Vulnerability Patched in Accordion Plugin
A few weeks ago, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in Accordion, a WordPress plugin installed on over 30,000 sites.
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