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Multiple Vulnerabilities Patched in RegistrationMagic Plugin
March 5, 2020
On February 24th, our Threat Intelligence team discovered several critical vulnerabilities in RegistrationMagic, a WordPress plugin installed on over 10,000 sites, including the vendor’s own site. These allowed an attacker with subscriber-level permissions to elevate their account’s privileges to those of an administrator and to export every form on the site, including all the data …
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Coupon Creation Vulnerability Patched In WooCommerce Smart Coupons
March 4, 2020
Description: Unauthenticated Coupon Creation Affected Plugin: WooCommerce Smart Coupons Affected Plugin Slug: woocommerce-smart-coupons Affected Versions: <= 4.6.0 CVSS Score: 5.3 (Medium) CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Patched Version: 4.6.5 Late last month a patch was released for WooCommerce Smart Coupons, a commercial WooCommerce plugin that helps store managers handle coupons and gift certificates. In vulnerable versions of the …
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Site Takeover Campaign Exploits Multiple Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
February 27, 2020
Early yesterday, the Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce plugin received a critical update to patch a zero-day vulnerability which allowed attackers to modify the plugin’s settings. As our Threat Intelligence team researched the scope of this attack campaign, we discovered three additional zero-day vulnerabilities in popular WordPress plugins that are being exploited as a part of this …
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Vulnerability in wpCentral Plugin Leads to Privilege Escalation
February 17, 2020
Description: Improper Access Control to Privilege Escalation Affected Plugin: wpCentral Affected Versions: <= 1.5.0 CVE ID: CVE-2020-9043 CVSS Score: 8.8 (High) CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Patched Version: 1.5.1 On February 13th, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in wpCentral, a WordPress plugin installed on over 60,000 sites. The flaw allowed anybody to escalate their privileges …
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Improper Access Controls in GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin
February 11, 2020
Description: Improper Access Controls Affected Plugin: GDPR Cookie Consent Affected Versions: <= 1.8.2 CVSS Score: 9.0 (Critical) CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Patched Version: 1.8.3 The following post describes how improper access controls lead to a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin that emerged after it was removed from the repository. The Wordfence …
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Multiple Vulnerabilities Patched in Email Subscribers & Newsletters Plugin
November 13, 2019
A few weeks ago, our Threat Intelligence team identified several vulnerabilities present in Email Subscribers & Newsletters, a WordPress plugin with approximately 100,000+ active installs. We disclosed this issue privately to the plugin’s development team who responded quickly, releasing interim patches just a few days after our initial disclosure. The plugin team also worked with …
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Medium Severity Vulnerability Patched in Fast Velocity Minify Plugin
October 16, 2019
Description: Full Path Disclosure CVE ID: CVE-2019-19983 CVSS v3.0 Score: 4.3 (Medium) CVSS Vector String: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Affected Plugin: Fast Velocity Minify Plugin Slug: fast-velocity-minify Affected Versions: <= 2.7.6 Patched Version: 2.7.7 A few days ago, our Threat Intelligence team identified a vulnerability present in Fast Velocity Minify, a WordPress plugin with approximately 80,000+ active installs. …
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Privilege Escalation Flaw Present In Slick Popup Plugin
May 28, 2019
In April, our Threat Intelligence team identified a privilege escalation flaw present in the latest version of Slick Popup, a WordPress plugin with approximately 7,000 active installs. We notified the developers, a firm called Om Ak Solutions, who acknowledged the issue and informed us that a patch would be released. Per our disclosure policy, we …
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OS Command Injection Vulnerability Patched In WP Database Backup Plugin
Toward the end of April, an unnamed security researcher published details of an unpatched vulnerability in WP Database Backup, a WordPress plugin with over 70,000 users. The vulnerability, which was irresponsibly disclosed to the public before attempting to notify the plugin’s developers, was reported as a plugin configuration change flaw. A proof of concept (PoC) …
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Announcing 3 New Login Security Features
May 14, 2019
Spend any time looking at blocked attacks in Wordfence Live Traffic and you’ll walk away worried about login security. WordPress sites are under constant attack by bots attempting to guess your users’ passwords. A lot of these attacks simply test lists of commonly used passwords along with usernames they think you may have chosen, like …
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