WordPress 3.8.2 Security Release

A serious vulnerability has been discovered in older versions of the popular Code Snippets plugin for WordPress. The flaw allowed anybody to forge a request on behalf of an administrator and inject executable code on a vulnerable site. This is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Remote Code Execution…

Attackers are hijacking vulnerable home routers to launch attacks against WordPress sites. The attacks exploit two flaws in the TR-069 router management protocol to send malicious requests to port 7547. Experts have been advising home users to limit access to port 7547. Internet service providers (ISPs) could take steps…

A Cross-site scripting vulnerability was found in WordPress plugin spam-byebye with all versions up to version 2.2.1 reported vulnerable. It is possible to launch this attack remotely and it allows for the injection of arbitrary web scripts or HTML via unspecified vectors. This would alter the appearance and would…

WordPress 4.7.2 was released last Thursday, January 26th. WordPress have just announced that In addition to the three security vulnerabilities mentioned in the original release post, WordPress 4.7 and 4.7.1 had one additional vulnerability for which disclosure was delayed. Join Our Online Security and Hosting Newsletter Today and stay…

Newsletter, a free WordPress plugin with more than 300,000 installations, was found to contain multiple vulnerabilities that could eventually lead to the takeover of an affected website. The bugs were discovered by the Wordfence team who notified the developer of the plugin. Join Our Online Security and Hosting Newsletter…

The popular WordPress plugin, Social Network Tabs, which has been downloaded over 53.000 times in the past 7 years and is used to help users share content on social media sites, left thousands of linked Twitter accounts exposed to compromise. Join Our Online Security and Hosting Newsletter Today and…

The Arigato Autoresponder and Newsletter by Kiboko Labs plugin allows scheduling of automated autoresponder messages and newsletters, and managing a mailing list. You can add/edit/delete and import/export members. There is also a registration form which can be placed in any website or blog. Join Our Online Security and Hosting Newsletter…

An exploit was discovered in The Media File Manager plugin version 1.4.2 for WordPress. This vulnerability allows for directory traversal and the initiation of a remote cross site scripting (XSS) attack via the dir parameter of the mrelocator_getdir function of the file wp-admin/admin-ajax.php. A working exploit has been dislosed….

Researchers have found a serious bug in the WP Live Chat Support plugin. This is the second time in six weeks that a vulnerability has been found in the plugin which is being used on thousands of WordPress websites. The latest bug allows hackers to inject their own code…

A vulnerability in a popular WordPress plugin called the WooCommerce Checkout Manager is potentially putting more than 60,000 websites at risk, researchers say. The WooCommerce Checkout Manager plugin allows WooCommerce users to customize and manage the fields on their checkout pages. The plugin, owned by Visser Labs, is separate…

WordPress 4.3.1 is now available. This is a security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. This release addresses three issues, including two cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and a potential privilege escalation. Join Our Online Security and Hosting Newsletter Today and stay…

Total Donations is a commercial plugin that helps sites create donation campaigns and accept payments from their visitors and is currently used by many non-profit and political organizations who want to accept donations from donors using a donation form. Attacks on the Total Donations plugins have been tracked over…

Serious vulnerabilities in at least 11 plugins for WordPress are currently being used in an ongoing malware campaign that appears to have started last month. However, the group appears to have changed their tactics two weeks ago. Mikey Veenstra reported on the WordFence website. Join Our Online Security and…

Researchers at Imperva have found that the overall number of new vulnerabilities in Content Management Systems in 2018 (17,142) has increased by 21% compared to 2017 (14,082) and by 159% compared to 2016 (6,615). WordPress-related vulnerabilities have exploded and have seen a staggering 300% increase in 2018 compared to…

The Rich Reviews plugin was removed from the WordPress.org directory on March 11, 2019. This was done due to a security issue. It appears that there is still active abuse of the XSS vulnerability found in the plugin. Wordfence estimates that the plugin has around 16,000 active installations. These…