Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 7, 2024 to October 13, 2024)

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Last week, there were 98 vulnerabilities disclosed in 90 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 37 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:

Hunk Companion <= 1.8.4 – Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation
WAF-RULE-754 – 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	58
Unpatched	40

Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating	Number of Vulnerabilities
Medium Severity	77
High Severity	12
Critical Severity	9

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’)	45
Missing Authorization	16
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)	7
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	5
Deserialization of Untrusted Data	4
Improper Control of Generation of Code (‘Code Injection’)	4
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)	4
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel	2
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
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type	2
Improper Input Validation	1
Improper Privilege Management	1
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference	1
Incorrect Privilege Assignment	1
Use of Less Trusted Source	1

Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name	Number of Vulnerabilities
Francesco Carlucci	14
István Márton	13
vgo0	11
Peter Thaleikis	6
LVT-tholv2k	4
Mika	3
João Pedro Soares de Alcântara	3
Ankit Patel	3
SOPROBRO	2
stealthcopter	2
tjoffe	2
Michelle Porter	2
Abdi Pranata	2
Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc)	2
Colin Xu	2
Joshua Chan	2
Sean Murphy	2
lucky_noob	1
Robert DeVore	1
Le Ngoc Anh	1
Dmitrii Ignatyev	1
scottaglia	1
mike harris	1
Arkadiusz Hydzik	1
rezaduty	1
Webbernaut	1
Jonas Benjamin Friedli	1
家桥王	1
Jack Taylor	1
Hakiduck	1
Bob Matyas	1
TANG Cheuk Hei (siunam)	1
Automattic	1
Daniel Ruf	1
Lesor101	1
Lucio Sá	1
Max Boll (_b0lli)	1

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name	Software Slug
2D Tag Cloud	2d-tag-cloud-widget-by-sujin
ACF Images Search And Insert	acf-images-search-and-insert
Advanced Blocks Pro	advanced-blocks-pro
Advanced Custom Fields	advanced-custom-fields
Advanced Custom Fields Pro	advanced-custom-fields-pro
Auto iFrame	auto-iframe
Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule	wp-time-capsule
BlockMeister – Block Pattern Builder	blockmeister
Bot for Telegram on WooCommerce	bot-for-telegram-on-woocommerce
Bridge Core	bridge-core
BuddyPress Docs	buddypress-docs
Category Icon	category-icon
CM Tooltip Glossary	enhanced-tooltipglossary
CMSMasters Content Composer	cmsmasters-content-composer
Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on	contact-form-7-paypal-add-on
Contact Form by Bit Form: Multi Step Form, Calculation Contact Form, Payment Contact Form & Custom Contact Form builder	bit-form
Contact Form Widget – Contact Query, Contact Page, Form Maker, Query Table	new-contact-form-widget
Creates 3D Flipbook, PDF Flipbook in WordPress	create-flipbook-from-pdf
CubeWP – All-in-One Dynamic Content Framework	cubewp-framework
Curator.io: Show all your social media posts in a beautiful feed.	curatorio
Disc Golf Manager	disc-golf-manager
Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard	download-plugins-dashboard
Easy Mega Menu Plugin for WordPress – ThemeHunk	themehunk-megamenu-plus
Easy PayPal Gift Certificate	paypal-gift-certificate
Easy Social Share Buttons	easy-social-share-buttons
Elementor Addon Elements	addon-elements-for-elementor-page-builder
Elementor Inline SVG	inline-svg-elementor
Embed PDF Viewer	embed-pdf-viewer
Embed videos and respect privacy	video-embed-privacy
Event Calendar	event-calendars
External featured image from bing	external-featured-image-from-bing
Featured Posts with Multiple Custom Groups (FPMCG)	featured-posts-with-multiple-custom-groups-fpmcg
Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat – Grow Your MailChimp List	mailchimp-wp
FULL – Cliente	full-customer
GDPR-Extensions-com – Consent Manager	gdpr-consent-manager
GutenKit – Page Builder Blocks, Patterns, and Templates for Gutenberg Block Editor	gutenkit-blocks-addon
Hunk Companion	hunk-companion
Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv	sirv
ImagePress – Image Gallery	image-gallery
Increase upload file size & Maximum Execution Time limit	increase-upload-file-size-maximum-execution-time-limit
IP Loc8	ip-loc8
Keep Backup Daily	keep-backup-daily
Language Switcher	language-switcher
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection)	wp-limit-failed-login-attempts
Linkz.ai – Automatic link previews on hover	linkz-ai
Marketing and SEO Booster	marketing-and-seo-booster
Maximum Products per User for WooCommerce	maximum-products-per-user-for-woocommerce
Mynx Page Builder	mynx-page-builder
Newsletter, SMTP, Email marketing and Subscribe forms by Brevo (formely Sendinblue)	mailin
Notification for Telegram	notification-for-telegram
Order Attachments for WooCommerce	order-attachments-for-woocommerce
Pedalo Connector	pedalo-connector
Photo Gallery, Images, Slider in Rbs Image Gallery	robo-gallery
PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry	powerpress
pretix widget	pretix-widget
Products, Order & Customers Export for WooCommerce	export-woocommerce
PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes	revisionary
QA Analytics – Web Analytics Tool with Heatmaps & Session Replay Across All Pages	qa-heatmap-analytics
Read more By Adam	read-more
Rescue Shortcodes	rescue-shortcodes
Restaurant Reservations Widget	restaurantconnect-reswidget
Royal Elementor Addons and Templates	royal-elementor-addons
SB Random Posts Widget	sb-random-posts-widget
Secure Custom Fields	advanced-custom-fields
ShopLentor – WooCommerce Builder for Elementor & Gutenberg +12 Modules – All in One Solution (formerly WooLentor)	woolentor-addons
Shortcode For Elementor Templates	shortcode-support-for-elementor-templates
Shortcodes AnyWhere	shortcodes-anywhere
Simple Baseball Scoreboard	simple-baseball-scoreboard
Smart Post Show – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider, Post Timeline, Post Table, and List Category Posts, Latest Posts, Recent Posts, Popular Posts and More	post-carousel
Smooth Gallery Replacement	smooth-gallery-replacement
Social Sharing (by Danny)	dvk-social-sharing
Stackable – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks	stackable-ultimate-gutenberg-blocks
Survey Maker	survey-maker
TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy	tablepress
Tainacan	tainacan
Talkback	talkback-secure-linkback-protocol
Telecash Ricaricaweb	telecash-ricaricaweb
The Plus Addons for Elementor – Elementor Addons, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce	the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder
TS Poll – Survey, Versus Poll, Image Poll, Video Poll	poll-wp
User registration & user profile – UserPlus	userplus
WooCommerce Multilingual & Multicurrency with WPML	woocommerce-multilingual
WordPress Comments Import & Export	comments-import-export-woocommerce
WordPress File Upload	wp-file-upload
WP Builder	cssjockey-add-ons
WP Helper Premium	wp-helper-lite
WP Post Author – Boost Your Blog’s Engagement with Author Box, Social Links, Co-Authors, Guest Authors, Post Rating System, and Custom User Registration Form Builder	wp-post-author
WP Ultimate Post Grid	wp-ultimate-post-grid
WP Users Masquerade	wp-users-masquerade
wp-Monalisa	wp-monalisa
Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress	youzify

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.

Disc Golf Manager <= 1.0.0 – Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection

9.8

CVSS Rating
Critical (9.8)

CVE-ID
CVE-2024-48026

Patch Status
Unpatched

Published
Oct 9, 2024

Affected Software
Disc Golf Manager

Researcher

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 7, 2024 to October 13, 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

Vulnerability Details

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