Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (February 26, 2024 to March 3, 2024)

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Last week, there were 119 vulnerabilities disclosed in 85 WordPress Plugins and 3 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 44 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-681 – 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	69
Unpatched	50

Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week

Severity Rating	Number of Vulnerabilities
Medium Severity	104
High Severity	12
Critical Severity	3

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’)	33
Missing Authorization	23
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)	21
Improper Access Control	9
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)	9
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’)	6
Information Exposure	4
Protection Mechanism Failure	3
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)	3
Incorrect Authorization	2
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel	1
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key	1
Deserialization of Untrusted Data	1
Improper Control of Generation of Code (‘Code Injection’)	1
Improper Input Validation	1
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type	1

Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week

Researcher Name	Number of Vulnerabilities
Francesco Carlucci	35
Krzysztof Zając	11
Lucio Sá	9
Webbernaut	6
Dimas Maulana	5
RandomRoot	4
wesley (wcraft)	4
LVT-tholv2k	3
István Márton	2
Majed Refaea	2
Emili Castells	2
CatFather	2
Denis Werner	2
Akbar Kustirama	2
Marco Wotschka	2
Muhammad Zeeshan (Xib3rR4dAr)	2
Dmitrii Ignatyev	1
Muhammad Hassham Nagori	1
Tobias Weißhaar (kun_19)	1
Asaf Mozes	1
rootxsudip	1
Hai Zheng	1
Richard Telleng (stueotue)	1
Rafshanzani Suhada	1
Fariq Fadillah Gusti Insani (fariqfgi)	1
Francisco Gutierrez	1
Joshua Chan	1
Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)	1
Dau Hoang Tai	1
José Adán Hernández Flores	1
Steven Julian	1
Dikshita Trivedi (Cybersecdexter)	1
Benachi	1
Bassem Essam	1
Dragonim	1
suzuki kaito	1
Maksim Kosenko	1
Nikolas	1
Rafie Muhammad	1
Sh	1
Peng Zhou	1
Dynamic.ooo Team	1
Kunal Sharma	1
Akshay Kumar	1

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name	Software Slug
Adsmonetizer	adsensei-b30
Advanced iFrame	advanced-iframe
AI Engine	ai-engine
ArtiBot Free Chat Bot for WordPress WebSites	artibot
AWeber – Free Sign Up Form and Landing Page Builder Plugin for Lead Generation and Email Newsletter Growth	aweber-web-form-widget
Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder	beaver-builder-lite-version
Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia	ameliabooking
Bulk Edit Post Titles	bulk-edit-post-titles
Calculated Fields Form	calculated-fields-form
Categorify – WordPress Media Library Category & File Manager	categorify
Chat Bubble – Floating Chat with Contact Chat Icons, Messages, Telegram, Email, SMS, Call me back	chat-bubble
CodeMirror Blocks	wp-codemirror-block
Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode	responsive-coming-soon
Comments Extra Fields For Post,Pages and CPT	wp-comment-fields
Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent	complianz-gdpr
Configure SMTP	configure-smtp
Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on	contact-form-7-paypal-add-on
Conversios – Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Meta Pixel & more Via Google Tag Manager For WooCommerce	enhanced-e-commerce-for-woocommerce-store
Custom Field Suite	custom-field-suite
Custom fields shortcode	custom-fields-shortcode
Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan	antihacker
Download Manager	download-manager
Download Media	download-media
Duitku Payment Gateway	duitku-social-payment-gateway
Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button	wp-ecommerce-paypal
Ebook Store	ebook-store
Elementor Website Builder Pro	elementor-pro
Envo’s Elementor Templates & Widgets for WooCommerce	envo-elementor-for-woocommerce
Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates	essential-blocks
Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!	events-manager
Exclusive Addons for Elementor	exclusive-addons-for-elementor
Finale Lite – Sales Countdown Timer & Discount for WooCommerce	finale-woocommerce-sales-countdown-timer-discount
Fontific \| Google Fonts	fontific
Friends	friends
GenerateBlocks	generateblocks
Gestpay for WooCommerce	gestpay-for-woocommerce
Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress – Get More Website Traffic, Email Subscribers, and Social Followers	rafflepress
Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks – Page Builder Features	kadence-blocks
Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv	sirv
LifterLMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for eLearning	lifterlms
LiteSpeed Cache	litespeed-cache
Login as User or Customer	login-as-customer-or-user
MainWP Dashboard – WordPress Manager for Multiple Websites Maintenance	mainwp
Marketing Optimizer	marketing-optimizer
Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider	master-slider
Media Alt Renamer	media-alt-renamer
Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid	wpvivid-backuprestore
Nextend Social Login and Register	nextend-facebook-connect
NextMove Lite – Thank You Page for WooCommerce	woo-thank-you-page-nextmove-lite
NotificationX – Best FOMO, Social Proof, WooCommerce Sales Popup & Notification Bar Plugin With Elementor	notificationx
Oliver POS – A WooCommerce Point of Sale (POS)	oliver-pos
Orbit Fox by ThemeIsle	themeisle-companion
Page Duplicator	wp-page-duplicator
Page Restrict	pagerestrict
Page Restriction WordPress (WP) – Protect WP Pages/Post	page-and-post-restriction
PayU India – Official Plugin	payu-india
postMash – custom post order	postmash
Premium Addons for Elementor	premium-addons-for-elementor
Redirects	redirects
Restaurant Solutions – Checklist	restaurant-solutions-checklist
Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection	restrict-user-access
Rolo Slider	rolo-slider
Seraphinite Accelerator	seraphinite-accelerator
Simple Tweet	simple-tweet
Slider Responsive Slideshow – Image slider, Gallery slideshow	slider-responsive-slideshow
Slivery Extender	slivery-extender
SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce	sms-alert
SoundCloud Shortcode	soundcloud-shortcode
Tainacan	tainacan
Thank You Page Customizer for WooCommerce – Increase Your Sales	woo-thank-you-page-customizer
Ultimate Bootstrap Elements for Elementor	ultimate-bootstrap-elements-for-elementor
Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax	coming-soon-maintenance-mode-from-acurax
User Shortcodes Plus	user-shortcodes-plus
Visual Composer Website Builder, Landing Page Builder, Custom Theme Builder, Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon Pages	visualcomposer
Watermark RELOADED	watermark-reloaded
WooCommerce Coupon Popup, SmartBar, Slide In \| MyShopKit	myshopkit-popup-smartbar-slidein
WordPress Access Control	wordpress-access-control
WP eCommerce	wp-e-commerce
WP Private Content Plus	wp-private-content-plus
WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate	shortcodes-ultimate
WP Show Posts	wp-show-posts
Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter	wp-social
WP Social Widget	wp-social-widget
WPvivid Backup for MainWP	wpvivid-backup-mainwp
蜜蜂采集-BeePress 微信公众号今日头条知乎专栏简书等平台文章采集插件	beepress

WordPress Themes with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Software Name	Software Slug
Avada \| Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce	fusion-builder
Avada \| Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce	Avada
Yuki	yuki

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.

NotificationX – Best FOMO, Social Proof, WooCommerce Sales Popup & Notification Bar Plugin With Elementor <= 2.8.2 – Unauthenticated SQL Injection

9.8

CVSS Rating
Critical (9.8)

CVE-ID
CVE-2024-1698

Patch Status
Patched

Published
Feb 26, 2024

Affected Software
NotificationX – Best FOMO, Social Proof, WooCommerce Sales Popup & Notification Bar Plugin With Elementor

Researcher

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (February 26, 2024 to March 3, 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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