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

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Last week, there were 145 vulnerabilities disclosed in 100 WordPress Plugins and 23 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 46 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:

MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution <= 4.2.0 – Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Vendor Creation/Update/Deletion
WAF-RULE-729 – Data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.
WAF-RULE-730 – Data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.
WAF-RULE-731 – Data redacted while we work with the vendor on a patch.
WAF-RULE-733 – 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	91
Unpatched	54

Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating	Number of Vulnerabilities
Medium Severity	118
High Severity	14
Critical Severity	13

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’)	70
Missing Authorization	27
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)	13
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)	10
Deserialization of Untrusted Data	6
Information Exposure	6
Use of Less Trusted Source	3
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program (‘PHP Remote File Inclusion’)	2
Argument Injection or Modification	1
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key	1
Improper Authorization	1
Improper Control of Generation of Code (‘Code Injection’)	1
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (‘Path Traversal’)	1
Protection Mechanism Failure	1
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)	1
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type	1

Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name	Number of Vulnerabilities
stealthcopter	19
Ananda Dhakal	9
Dave Jong	9
Rafie Muhammad	8
Francesco Carlucci	7
Daniel Ruf	6
Muhammad Daffa	6
Lucio Sá	6
João Pedro Soares de Alcântara	5
wesley (wcraft)	5
Fariq Fadillah Gusti Insani (fariqfgi)	4
Le Ngoc Anh	4
Sharanabasappa	3
Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc)	3
Seb	3
Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)	3
João G. Barbosa (4rCanJ0x!)	3
István Márton	3
akas wisnu aji	3
Abdi Pranata	2
Peter Thaleikis	2
Newman Hantouli	2
rezaduty	2
Arkadiusz Hydzik	2
Sajjad Ahmad (jack_sparrow)	2
Michael	2
LVT-tholv2k	2
Truoc Phan	2
chihyu	1
Tim Coen	1
Foxyyy	1
Webbernaut	1
Manab Jyoti Dowarah	1
Tobias Weißhaar (kun_19)	1
David Gallagher (BatFeats)	1
Rasoul Jahanshahi	1
Joel Indra	1
Thanh Nam Tran	1
Benedictus Jovan (aillesiM)	1
scottaglia	1
RandomRoot	1
Bruno Vilela	1
Hoa Le Ngoc (lengochoa)	1
Krzysztof Zając	1
Peng Zhou	1
zer0gh0st	1

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name	Software Slug
140+ Widgets \| Xpro Addons For Elementor – FREE	xpro-elementor-addons
Animated Number Counters	animated-number-counters
azurecurve Toggle Show/Hide	azurecurve-toggle-showhide
Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder	beaver-builder-lite-version
Brickscore	brickscore
Bus Ticket Booking with Seat Reservation – WpBusTicketly \| WordPress plugin	bus-ticket-booking-with-seat-reservation
Classic Addons – WPBakery Page Builder	classic-addons-wpbakery-page-builder-addons
Clean Login	clean-login
Collapsing Archives	collapsing-archives
Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder	fluentform
Custom Query Blocks	post-type-archive-mapping
Droip	droip
DSGVO All in one for WP	dsgvo-all-in-one-for-wp
easy.jobs- Best Recruitment Plugin for Job Board Listing, Manager, Career Page for Elementor & Gutenberg	easyjobs
Elementor Addon Elements	addon-elements-for-elementor-page-builder
Email Address Encoder	email-address-encoder
EmbedPress – Embed PDF, 3D Flipbook, Social Feeds, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, YouTube Videos, Audios, Google Maps in Gutenberg Block & Elementor	embedpress
Enhanced Search Box	extended-search-plugin
EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce	eu-vat-for-woocommerce
Form builder to get in touch with visitors, grow your email list and collect payments — Happyforms	happyforms
Front End Users	front-end-only-users
FunnelKit Funnel Builder Pro	funnel-builder-pro
Gallery Plugin for WordPress – Envira Photo Gallery	envira-gallery-lite
Generate Images – Magic Post Thumbnail	magic-post-thumbnail
GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory	geodirectory
GHActivity	ghactivity
GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform	give
Greenshift Query and Meta Addon	greenshiftquery
Gutenverse – Ultimate Block Addons and Page Builder for Site Editor	gutenverse
HelloAsso	helloasso
HubSpot – CRM, Email Marketing, Live Chat, Forms & Analytics	leadin
infolinks Ad Wrap	infolinks-ad-wrap
Interactive Contact Form and Multi Step Form Builder with Drag & Drop Editor – Funnelforms Free	funnelforms-free
Jeg Elementor Kit	jeg-elementor-kit
JobSearch WP Job Board	wp-jobsearch
Justified Image Grid – Premium WordPress Gallery	justified-image-grid
LatePoint Plugin	LatePoint
Like Button Rating LikeBtn	likebtn-like-button
Login As Users	login-as-users
Logo Showcase Ultimate – Logo Carousel, Logo Slider & Logo Grid	logo-showcase-ultimate
Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation	maintenance-coming-soon-redirect-animation
Media Library Folders	media-library-plus
Memberpress	memberpress
Mollie Payments for WooCommerce	mollie-payments-for-woocommerce
MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar	mp3-music-player-by-sonaar
Name Directory	name-directory
Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You	ninja-forms
Ninja Tables – Easiest Data Table Builder	ninja-tables
NitroPack – Caching & Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals, Defer CSS & JS, Lazy load Images and CDN	nitropack
Oxygen Builder	oxygenbuilder
Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder	pagelayer
Payment forms, Buy now buttons, and Invoicing System \| GetPaid	invoicing
Permalink Manager Lite	permalink-manager
Podlove Podcast Publisher	podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress
Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups.	popup-builder
Premium Portfolio Features for Phlox theme	auxin-portfolio
Premium SEO Pack – WP SEO Plugin	premium-seo-pack
Propovoice Pro	propovoice-pro
Relevanssi Live Ajax Search	relevanssi-live-ajax-search
Review Ratings	ratings-shorttags
Reviews Feed – Add Testimonials and Customer Reviews From Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and More	reviews-feed
Royal Elementor Addons and Templates	royal-elementor-addons
SendGrid for WordPress	wp-sendgrid-mailer
Share This Image	share-this-image
SKT Blocks – Gutenberg based Page Builder	skt-blocks
Special Feed Items	special-feed-items
Sunshine Photo Cart: Free Client Photo Galleries for Photographers	sunshine-photo-cart
Super Store Finder	superstorefinder-wp
Super Testimonials	super-testimonial
SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments	surecart
tagDiv Composer	td-composer
Taxi Booking Manager for WooCommerce – WordPress plugin \| Ecab	ecab-taxi-booking-manager
The Events Calendar Pro	events-calendar-pro
The Plus Addons for Elementor – Elementor Addons, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce	the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder
The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid	the-post-grid
Theme Editor	theme-editor
Tourfic – Ultimate Hotel Booking, Travel Booking & Apartment Booking WordPress Plugin \| WooCommerce Booking	tourfic
Tutor LMS Pro	tutor-pro
Two-factor authentication (formerly IP Vault)	ip-vault-wp-firewall
Ultimate Store Kit Elementor Addons, Woocommerce Builder, EDD Builder, Elementor Store Builder, Product Grid, Product Table, Woocommerce Slider	ultimate-store-kit
Vikinghammer Tweet	vikinghammer-tweet
Visual CSS Style Editor	yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer
Visual Sound (old)	visual-sound-widget-for-soundcloud-and-artistplugme-visualdreams
Web and WooCommerce Addons for WPBakery Builder	vc-addons-by-bit14
Web Application Firewall – website security	web-application-firewall
Woocommerce Addon Greenshift	greenshiftwoo
WP Accessibility Helper (WAH)	wp-accessibility-helper
WP Armour Extended	wp-armour-extended
WP Booking Calendar	booking
WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan	wp-cerber
WP Crowdfunding	wp-crowdfunding
WP Delicious – Recipe Plugin for Food Bloggers (formerly Delicious Recipes)	delicious-recipes
WP Events Manager	wp-events-manager
WP Testimonial Widget	wp-testimonial-widget
WP Timetics- AI-powered Appointment Booking Calendar and Online Scheduling Plugin	timetics
WP To Do	wp-todo
WPMobile.App — Android and iOS Mobile Application	wpappninja
WPZOOM Portfolio Lite – Filterable Portfolio Plugin	wpzoom-portfolio
YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin	yet-another-related-posts-plugin
Zynith SEO	zynith-seo

WordPress Themes with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name	Software Slug
Attire	attire
Betheme	betheme
Blockbooster	blockbooster
Blogpoet	blogpoet
Enfold – Responsive Multi-Purpose Theme	enfold
Esotera	esotera
Filmix	filmix
Fluida	fluida
FotaWP	fotawp
Hotel Galaxy	hotel-galaxy
IntoTheDark	intothedark
Kahuna	kahuna
Liquido	liquido
Mantra	mantra
Masterstudy – Education WordPress Theme	ms-lms-starter-theme
Mystique	mystique
Nirvana	nirvana
Opor Ayam	opor-ayam
Parabola	parabola
Posterity	posterity
ReviveNews	revivenews
Sliding Door	sliding-door
Tempera	tempera

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.

JobSearch <= 2.5.3 – Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection

10.0

CVSS Rating
Critical (10.0)

CVE-ID
CVE-2024-43931

Patch Status
Patched

Published
Aug 26, 2024

Affected Software
JobSearch WP Job Board

Researcher