Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 22, 2024 to January 28, 2024)

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Last week, there were 52 vulnerabilities disclosed in 42 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 26 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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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

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WordPress Plugins with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Vulnerability Details

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Better Search Replace <= 1.4.4 – Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection

File Manager Pro <= 8.3.4 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload

InstaWP Connect <= 0.1.0.9 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection

File Manager <= 7.2.1 – Sensitive Information Exposure via Backup Filenames

illi Link Party! <= 1.0 – Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

coreActivity <= 1.8 – Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Advanced Database Cleaner <= 3.1.3 – Authenticated(Administrator+) PHP Object Injection via process_bulk_action

10Web AI Assistant – AI content writing assistant <= 1.0.18 – Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation

Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone <= 1.2.3 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal

Elementor Addons by Livemesh <= 8.3.1 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

(Simply) Guest Author Name <= 4.34 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Add SVG Support for Media Uploader | inventivo <= 1.0.5 – Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG

Exclusive Addons for Elementor <= 2.6.8 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Link Anything

SVG Uploads Support <= 2.1.1 – Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG

WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons <= 9.7.6 – Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode

Allow SVG <= 1.1 – Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG

aBitGone CommentSafe <= 1.0.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update and Cross-Site Request Forgery

PDF Poster – PDF Embedder Plugin for WordPress <= 2.1.17 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Ultimate Noindex Nofollow Tool <= 1.1.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

Advanced Schedule Posts <= 2.1.8 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

WP Customer Area <= 8.2.2 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Accelerated Mobile Pages <= 1.0.92.1 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps) <= 9.0.28 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Formidable Forms <= 6.7.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Marketing Twitter Bot <= 1.11 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update and Cross-Site Scripting

Exclusive Addons for Elementor <= 2.6.8 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Form-Maker (twb_form-maker) <= 1.15.21 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Limited Code Execution via Execute

illi Link Party! <= 1.0 – Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Link Deletion

Category Discount Woocommerce <= 4.12 – Missing Authorization via wpcd_save_discount()

Paid Memberships Pro <= 2.12.7 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Level Orders Update

Category Discount Woocommerce <= 4.11 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via wpcd_save_discount()

PDF Generator For Fluent Forms <= 1.1.7 – Cross-Site Scripting

WPFront Notification Bar <= 3.3.2 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpfront-notification-bar-options[custom_class]

Mang Board WP <= 1.7.7 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Meks Smart Social Widget <= 1.6.3 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

WP RSS Aggregator <= 4.23.4 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via RSS Feed Source

Content Views <= 3.6.2 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings

WordPress Simple Shopping Cart <= 4.7.1 – Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Sticky Buttons <= 3.2.2 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

WolfNet IDX for WordPress <= 1.19.1 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

illi Link Party! <= 1.0 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

WebSub (FKA. PubSubHubbub) <= 3.1.4 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Better Follow Button for Jetpack <= 8.0 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Views for WPForms <= 3.2.2 – Missing Authorization via get_form_fields

Views for WPForms <= 3.2.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via create_view

Views for WPForms <= 3.2.2 – Missing Authorization via save_view

WP Dashboard Notes <= 1.0.10 – Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Private Notes Update

WP-Reply Notify <= 1.1 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

InstaWP Connect <= 0.1.0.9 – Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Dislcosure

Views for WPForms <= 3.2.2 – Missing Authorization via create_view

illi Link Party! <= 1.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

Views for WPForms <= 3.2.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via save_view

As a reminder, Wordfence has curated an industry leading vulnerability database with all known WordPress core, theme, and plugin vulnerabilities known as Wordfence Intelligence.

This database is continuously updated, maintained, and populated by Wordfence’s highly credentialed and experienced vulnerability researchers through in-house vulnerability research, vulnerability researchers submitting directly to us using our CVE Request form, and by monitoring varying sources to capture all publicly available WordPress vulnerability information and adding additional context where we can.

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