Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Mar 20, 2023 to Mar 26, 2023)

Last week, there were 80 vulnerabilities disclosed in 69 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress theme that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 31 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:

• WooCommerce Payments <= 5.6.1 -Authentication Bypass and Privilege Escalation 
  • The Wordfence Firewall has blocked 57,136 exploit attempts targeting this vulnerability since its release to premium, care, and response customers on March 23, 2023.
• WAF-RULE-569 – Data redacted while we work with the developer to ensure the vulnerability protected by this WAF rule gets patched.
• SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 12.1.20 – Missing Authorization

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

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

WordPress Themes with Reported Vulnerabilities Last Week

Vulnerability Details

WooCommerce Payments 4.8.0 – 5.6.1 Authentication Bypass and Privilege Escalation

Waiting: One-click countdowns <= 0.6.2 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via ‘pbc_down[meta][id]’

WP Popup Banners <= 1.2.5 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via ‘value’

Events Made Easy <= 2.3.14 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via ‘search_name’

Crocoblock JetEngine <= 3.1.3 – Authenticated(Author+) Arbitrary File Upload to Remote Code Execution

Pricing Tables For WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer) <= 2.0 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Inclusion via Shortcode

User Registration <= 2.3.2.1 – PHP Object Injection

Stylish Cost Calculator < 7.9.0 – Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Groundhogg <= 2.7.9.3 – Authenticated (Administrator)+ SQL Injection

SVG Sanitizer library <= 0.15.4 – Cross-Site Scripting Bypass

JS Job Manager <= 2.0.0 – Missing Authorization

TH Advance WordPress Search <= 1.1.4 – Missing Authorization via settings_init

FluentForms <= 4.3.24 – Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vertical scroll recent post <= 14.0 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcodes

WordPress Pinterest Plugin <= 1.6.1 – Stored (Contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Team Member <= 4.4 – Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via new_style_name

W4 Post List <= 2.4.5 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block Options

Scheduled Announcements Widget <= 0.2 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

GamiPress – Youtube integration <= 1.0.7 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Pricing Tables For WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer) <= 2.0 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

ConvertBox Auto Embed WordPress plugin <= 1.0.19 – Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider <= 3.29.0 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

InPost Gallery <= 2.1.4.1 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ‘imgurl’

MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter <= 1.3.0.1 – Relected Cross-Site Scripting via ‘tax_name’

WP VR <= 8.2.8 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

W4 Post List <= 2.4.5 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

WordPress Amazon S3 Plugin <= 1.5 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

WooCommerce JazzCash Gateway Plugin <= 2.0 – Unauthenticated Cross-Site Scripting

Open Graphite <= 1.6.0 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via topic parameter

Export Users Data Distinct <= 1.3 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) CSV Injection

amr users <= 4.59.4 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) CSV Injection

Simple Giveaways <= 2.45.0 – Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Form, Prize, and Sharing Method Fields

Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Activity Social Share <= 3.5.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

TH Variation Swatches <= 1.2.7 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via delete_settings

CBX Currency Converter <= 3.0.3 – Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to Plugin Settings Leakage/Changes

Enhanced Plugin Admin <= 1.16 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via epa_options_page

Easy Table of Contents <= 2.0.45.2 – Missing Authorization via eztoc_reset_options_to_default

TH Side Cart and Menu Cart for Woocommerce <= 1.1.1 – Missing Authorization

Branded Social Images <= 1.1.0 – Missing Authorization leading to Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Updates

Owl Carousel <= 0.5.3 – Missing Authorization via save_paramter.php

If Menu <= 0.16.3 – Missing Authorization to Admin Settings Modification

eRoom – Zoom Meetings & Webinar <= 1.4.6 – Missing Authorization via add_feedback

GiveWP <= 2.25.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via give_ajax_delete_payment_note

GiveWP <= 2.25.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via give_ajax_store_payment_note

Hummingbird <= 3.4.1 – Unauthenticated Path Traversal

Resoto <= 1.0.8 – Missing Authorization leading to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Activation

Photo Gallery by 10Web <= 1.8.14 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal

Kanban Boards for WordPress <= 2.5.20 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Userlike <= 2.2 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Store Locator WordPress <= 1.4.9 – Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ‘category_name’, ‘description’, ‘description_2’ parameters

Klaviyo <= 3.0.9 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

VigilanTor <= 1.3.10 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress <= 4.6.9 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Lazy Social Comments <= 2.0.4 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Plugin Options

Disqus Conditional Load <= 11.0.6 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings.

Simple Giveaways <= 2.45.0 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Settings

Simple Giveaways <= 2.45.0 – Authenticated(Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via form fields

WP Content Filter – Censor All Offensive Content From Your Site <= 3.0.1 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Simple Custom Author Profiles <= 1.0.0 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

All-In-One Security (AIOS) <= 5.1.4 – Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Pagination by BestWebSoft < 1.2.2 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Cyberus Key <= 1.0 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ‘uid’ in ‘cyberkey_settings’ Plugin Setting

Event Manager for WooCommerce <= 3.8.6 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ‘mep_get_option’ function

Time Sheets <= 1.29.2 – Authenticated(Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Cyberus Key <= 1.0 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

TreePress – Easy Family Trees & Ancestor Profiles <= 2.0.22 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ‘post_title’ parameter

TH Side Cart and Menu Cart for Woocommerce <= 1.1.1 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

W4 Post List <= 2.4.5 – Information Disclosure via post_excerpt

GiveWP <= 2.25.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

I Recommend This <= 3.8.3 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

BigContact <= 1.5.8 – Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to Plugin Settings Updates

Download Weather Station <= 3.8.11 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

Google XML Sitemap for Mobile <= 1.6.1 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via mobile_sitemap_generate

Custom Field Template <= 2.5.8 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via Plugin Options Update

Stock Sync for WooCommerce <= 2.3.2 – Missing Authorization

Simple Mobile URL Redirect <= 1.7.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to Mobile Redirect Updates

Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce <= 12.4.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via update_project

Contact Form Email <= 1.3.31 – Cross-Site Request Forgery to Feedback Submission

Stock Sync for WooCommerce <= 2.3.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery

Thank You Page Customizer for WooCommerce – Increase Your Sales <= 1.0.13 – Cross-Site Request Forgery via send_email

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