Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 13, 2024 to May 19, 2024)

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Last week, there were 107 vulnerabilities disclosed in 82 WordPress Plugins and 8 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 42 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to ensure your site is not affected.

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New Firewall Rules Deployed Last Week

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team reviews each vulnerability to determine impact and severity, along with assessing the likelihood of exploitation, to verify that the Wordfence Firewall provides sufficient protection.

The team rolled out enhanced protection via firewall rules for the following vulnerabilities in real-time to our Premium, Care, and Response customers last week:

WAF-RULE-700 – Data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.
WAF-RULE-699 – Data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.

Wordfence Premium, Care, and Response customers received this protection immediately, while users still running the free version of Wordfence will receive this enhanced protection after a 30 day delay.

Total Unpatched & Patched Vulnerabilities Last Week

Patch Status	Number of Vulnerabilities
Patched	96
Unpatched	11

Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating	Number of Vulnerabilities
Medium Severity	86
High Severity	14
Critical Severity	7

Total Vulnerabilities by CWE Type Last Week

Vulnerability Type by CWE	Number of Vulnerabilities
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’)	61
Missing Authorization	17
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)	7
Deserialization of Untrusted Data	3
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)	3
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type	3
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program (‘PHP Remote File Inclusion’)	2
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (‘Path Traversal’)	2
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel	1
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key	1
Improper Access Control	1
Improper Authorization	1
Improper Control of Generation of Code (‘Code Injection’)	1
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)	1
Information Exposure	1
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)	1
URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (‘Open Redirect’)	1

Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name	Number of Vulnerabilities
stealthcopter	12
wesley (wcraft)	8
Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)	8
Dhabaleshwar Das	7
João G. Barbosa (4rCanJ0x!)	6
Tobias Weißhaar (kun_19)	4
Rayhan Ramdhany Hanaputra	4
villu164	4
Joshua Chan	3
haidv35	3
Thanh Nam Tran	3
Lucio Sá	3
Bob Matyas	3
Krzysztof Zając	3
Dmitrii Ignatyev	3
Francesco Carlucci	3
quanhx hxx	2
Benedictus Jovan (aillesiM)	2
István Márton	2
Webbernaut	2
Dimas Maulana	1
LVT-tholv2k	1
Arkadiusz Hydzik	1
Tenable	1
Francois Harvey	1
Ankit Patel	1
Tim Coen	1
Muhammad Daffa	1
Steven Julian	1
rob006	1
Krugov Artyom	1
Trinh Vu (Sonicrrrr)	1
andrea bocchetti	1
Peter Thaleikis	1
M.Awad	1
Abdi Pranata	1
Cronus	1
Byeongjun Jo	1
Rafie Muhammad	1
Khalid	1
Peng Zhou	1
João Pedro Soares de Alcântara	1

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name	Software Slug
140+ Widgets \| Best Addons For Elementor – FREE	xpro-elementor-addons
All-in-One Video Gallery	all-in-one-video-gallery
Alt Text AI – Automatically generate image alt text for SEO and accessibility	alttext-ai
Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin	simply-schedule-appointments
Borderless – Widgets, Elements, Templates and Toolkit for Elementor & Gutenberg	borderless
Build App Online	build-app-online
Builder for WooCommerce product reviews shortcodes – ReviewShort	woo-product-reviews-shortcode
Bulk Posts Editing For WordPress	ithemeland-bulk-posts-editing-lite
Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder	fluentform
Contact Form Widget – Contact Query, Contact Page, Form Maker, Query Table	new-contact-form-widget
ConvertPlus	convertplug
Copymatic – AI Content Writer & Generator	copymatic
Cost Calculator Builder PRO	cost-calculator-builder-pro
Custom Post Type Attachment	custom-post-type-pdf-attachment
DethemeKit For Elementor	dethemekit-for-elementor
Elegant Blocks – Amazing Gutenberg Blocks	elegant-blocks
Elementor Header & Footer Builder	header-footer-elementor
Email Subscribers by Icegram Express – Email Marketing, Newsletters, Automation for WordPress & WooCommerce	email-subscribers
Envo Extra	envo-extra
Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders	essential-addons-for-elementor-lite
Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates	essential-blocks
Exclusive Addons for Elementor	exclusive-addons-for-elementor
Fast Custom Social Share by CodeBard	fast-custom-social-share-by-codebard
Fastly	fastly
FundEngine – Donation and Crowdfunding Platform	wp-fundraising-donation
GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform	give
Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP – Page Builder Features	kadence-blocks
Happy Addons for Elementor	happy-elementor-addons
iframe	iframe
Image Optimization by Optimole – Lazy Load, CDN, Convert WebP & AVIF	optimole-wp
ImageMagick Sharpen Resized Images	imagemagick-sharpen-resized-images
Import and export users and customers	import-users-from-csv-with-meta
Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress	insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress
Integration for HubSpot and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Ninja Forms	cf7-hubspot
Integration for Salesforce and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Formidable, Ninja Forms	cf7-salesforce
JCH Optimize	jch-optimize
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth	jetpack
Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress	chatbot-chatgpt
Landing Page Builder – Coming Soon page, Maintenance Mode, Lead Page, WordPress Landing Pages	page-builder-add
Logo Slider – Logo Carousel, Logo Showcase & Client Logo Slider WordPress Plugin	logo-slider-wp
Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid	magazine-blocks
Master Addons – Free Widgets, Hover Effects, Toggle, Conditions, Animations for Elementor	master-addons
Mega Elements – Addons for Elementor	mega-elements-addons-for-elementor
Menu Icons by ThemeIsle	menu-icons
Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce	order-import-export-for-woocommerce
Password Protected – Ultimate Plugin to Protect WordPress Site, Pages & WooCommerce Store	password-protected
Penci Soledad Data Migrator	penci-data-migrator
Picture Gallery – Frontend Image Uploads, AJAX Photo List	picture-gallery
Piotnet Addons For Elementor	piotnet-addons-for-elementor
Popup Builder	easy-notify-lite
Popup Maker – Responsive popup, Exit Intent Pop up, Email Optins, Autoresponder & More	popup-maker-wp
Popup – Popup More Popups	popup-more
Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor	post-and-page-builder
Post Grid Elementor Addon	post-grid-elementor-addon
Radio Player – Live Shoutcast, Icecast and Any Audio Stream Player for WordPress	radio-player
Rank Math SEO with AI Best SEO Tools	seo-by-rank-math
ReviewX – Multi-criteria Rating & Reviews for WooCommerce	reviewx
Royal Elementor Addons and Templates	royal-elementor-addons
RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging	wp-rss-aggregator
Salon booking system	salon-booking-system
ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling	shiftcontroller
ShopLentor – WooCommerce Builder for Elementor & Gutenberg +12 Modules – All in One Solution (formerly WooLentor)	woolentor-addons
Simple Basic Contact Form	simple-basic-contact-form
Sina Extension for Elementor (Slider, Gallery, Form, Modal, Data Table, Tab, Particle, Free Elementor Widgets & Elementor Templates)	sina-extension-for-elementor
Swift Framework	socialdriver-framework
Sydney Toolbox	sydney-toolbox
Tagembed: Embed Twitter Feed, Google Reviews, YouTube Videos, TikTok, RSS Feed & More Social Media Feeds	tagembed-widget
Testimonial Carousel For Elementor	testimonials-carousel-elementor
Tutor LMS Pro	tutor-pro
Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution	tutor
Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid	visual-portfolio
Visualizer: Tables and Charts Manager for WordPress	visualizer
weMail – Email Marketing, Newsletter, Optin Forms, Subscribers WordPress Plugin	wemail
WordPress Automatic Plugin	wp-automatic
WP Backpack	wp-backpack
WP Compress – Image Optimizer [All-In-One]	wp-compress-image-optimizer
WP SMS – Messaging, SMS & MMS Notifications, 2FA & OTP for WordPress, WooCommerce, GravityForms, etc	wp-sms
WP Stacker	wp-stacker
WPB Elementor Addons	wpb-elementor-addons
WPZOOM Addons for Elementor (Templates, Widgets)	wpzoom-elementor-addons
YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards	yith-woocommerce-gift-cards
Yoast SEO	wordpress-seo

WordPress Themes with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name	Software Slug
ChaosTheory	chaostheory
Consus	consus
EmpowerWP	empowerwp
Ketos	ketos
Niveau	niveau
Oasis	oasis
Skyline WP	skyline-wp
Zeka	zeka

Vulnerability Details

Please note that if you run the Wordfence plugin on your WordPress site, with the scanner enabled, you should’ve already been notified if your site was affected by any of these vulnerabilities. If you’d like to receive real-time notifications whenever a vulnerability is added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, check out our Slack and HTTP Webhook Integration, which is completely free to utilize.

Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress <= 2.0.0 – Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

10.0

CVSS Rating
Critical (10.0)

CVE-ID
CVE-2024-32700

Patch Status
Patched

Published
May 13, 2024

Affected Software
Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress

Researcher

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 13, 2024 to May 19, 2024)

New Firewall Rules Deployed Last Week

Total Unpatched & Patched Vulnerabilities Last Week

Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Total Vulnerabilities by CWE Type Last Week

Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

WordPress Themes with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Vulnerability Details

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