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Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 2, 2024 to September 8, 2024)

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Over 40,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Patched in Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks Plugin

On August 14th, 2024, we received a submission for a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks, a WordPress plugin with over 40,000 active installations.

Critical Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability in MP3 Audio Player WordPress Plugin Affects Over 20,000 Sites

On August 4th, 2024, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability in MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar, a WordPress plugin with over 20,000 active installations.

How To Find XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) Vulnerabilities in WordPress Plugins and Themes

Yesterday, we announced the WordPress XSSplorer Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program.

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 26, 2024 to September 1, 2024)

đŸ“¢ Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors?

20,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Bit File Manager WordPress Plugin

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WordPress XSSplorer Challenge: An Expanded Scope for All Researchers in the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program

From now through October 7th, 2024, we are expanding the scope of our Bug Bounty Program to include all Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities—both Reflected and Stored—in any WordPress plugin or theme with at least 1,000 active installations for all researchers.

6,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Unauthenticated Critical Vulnerability in WP Job Portal WordPress Plugin

On August 7th, 2024, we received a submission for an unauthenticated Local File Inclusion, Arbitrary Settings Update, and User Creation vulnerability in WP Job Portal, a WordPress plugin with more than 6,000 active installations.

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 19, 2024 to August 25, 2024)

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1,000,000 WordPress Sites Protected Against Unique Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in WPML WordPress Plugin

On June 19th, 2024, we received a submission for a Remote Code Execution via Twig Server-Side Template Injection vulnerability in WPML, a WordPress plugin with more than 1,000,000 active installations.