On May 30th, 2025, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload via Plugin Installation vulnerability in Alone, a WordPress theme with more than 9,000 sales. This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files…
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10,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Critical Vulnerabilities in HT Contact Form WordPress Plugin
On June 24th, 2025, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload and an Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability in HT Contact Form, a WordPress plugin with more than 10,000 active installations. The arbitrary file upload vulnerability can be used…
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 14, 2025 to July 20, 2025)
📢 Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters! 📢 🌞 Spring into Summer with Wordfence! Now through August 4, 2025, earn 2X bounty rewards for all in-scope submissions from our ‘High Threat’ list in software with fewer than 5…
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 7, 2025 to July 13, 2025)
📢 Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters! 📢 🌞 Spring into Summer with Wordfence! Now through August 4, 2025, earn 2X bounty rewards for all in-scope submissions from our ‘High Threat’ list in software with fewer than 5…
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 30, 2025 to July 6, 2025)
📢 Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters! 📢 🌞 Spring into Summer with Wordfence! Now through August 4, 2025, earn 2X bounty rewards for all in-scope submissions from our ‘High Threat’ list in software with fewer than 5…
200,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability in SureForms WordPress Plugin
On June 21st, 2025, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability in SureForms, a WordPress plugin with more than 200,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated threat actors to specify arbitrary file paths in…
Revolutionizing Responsible Disclosure: Introducing the Wordfence Vulnerability Management Portal for WordPress Vendors
The Wordfence team is excited to announce the official launch of the Wordfence Vulnerability Management Portal, the latest addition to the Wordfence Intelligence suite. This new interface is designed to improve and simplify the vulnerability disclosure process between the Wordfence…
600,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability in Forminator WordPress Plugin
On June 20th, 2025, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability in Forminator, a WordPress plugin with more than 600,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated threat actors to specify arbitrary file paths in…
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 16, 2025 to June 22, 2025)
📢 Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters! 📢 🌞 Spring into Summer with Wordfence! Now through August 4, 2025, earn 2X bounty rewards for all in-scope submissions from our ‘High Threat’ list in software with fewer than 5…
A Deep Dive into a Modular Malware Family
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team recently identified an interesting malware family on May 16, 2025 during a site clean. This malware family shared a codebase but varied in features across different versions, including credit card skimming and WordPress credential theft.…
A Deep Dive into a Modular Malware Family
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team recently identified an interesting malware family on May 16, 2025 during a site clean. This malware family shared a codebase but varied in features across different versions, including credit card skimming and WordPress credential theft.…
Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Motors Theme
On May 2nd, 2025, we received a submission for a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Motors, a WordPress theme with more than 22,000 sales. This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to change the password of any user, including…
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 9, 2025 to June 15, 2025)
📢 Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters! 📢Â 🌞 Spring into Summer with Wordfence! Now through August 4, 2025, earn 2X bounty rewards for all in-scope submissions from our ‘High Threat’ list in software with fewer than 5…
100,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Privilege Escalation via MCP in AI Engine WordPress Plugin
On May 21st, 2025, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for an Insufficient Authorization to Privilege Escalation via MCP (Model Context Protocol) vulnerability in the AI Engine plugin, which is actively installed on more…
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 2, 2025 to June 8, 2025)
📢 Calling all Vulnerability Researchers and Bug Bounty Hunters! 📢Â 🌞 Spring into Summer with Wordfence! Now through August 4, 2025, earn 2X bounty rewards for all in-scope submissions from our ‘High Threat’ list in software with fewer than 5…
33,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in RealHomes WordPress Theme
On May 4th, 2025, we received a submission for a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in RealHomes, a WordPress theme with more than 33,000 sales. This vulnerability can be used by authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to grant themselves administrative…
33,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in RealHomes WordPress Theme
On May 4th, 2025, we received a submission for a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in RealHomes, a WordPress theme with more than 33,000 sales. This vulnerability can be used by authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to grant themselves administrative…
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 26, 2025 to June 1, 2025)
📢 In case you missed it, Wordfence just published its annual WordPress security report for 2024. Read it now to learn more about the evolving risk landscape of WordPress so you can keep your sites protected in 2025 and beyond.  …
Malware Masquerades as Legitimate, Hidden WordPress Plugin with Remote Code Execution Capabilities
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team recently discovered an interesting malware variant that appears in the file system as a normal WordPress plugin containing a comment header, a handful of functions as well as a simple admin interface. Just like previous…
9,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Upload and Deletion Vulnerabilities in WP User Frontend Pro WordPress Plugin
On March 24th, 2025, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload and an Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability in WP User Frontend Pro, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 9,000 active installations. The arbitrary file upload vulnerability can be…