A few weeks ago, our Threat Intelligence team discovered several vulnerabilities present in Page Builder: PageLayer – Drag and Drop website builder, a WordPress plugin actively installed on over 200,000 sites. The plugin is from the same creators as wpCentral,… Continue Reading →
New WordPress plugin and theme vulnerabilities were disclosed during the second half of May, so we want to keep you aware. In this post, we cover recent WordPress plugin, theme and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you are… Continue Reading →
On May 6, our Threat Intelligence team was alerted to a zero-day vulnerability present in Elementor Pro, a WordPress plugin installed on approximately 1 million sites. That vulnerability was being exploited in conjunction with another vulnerability found in Ultimate Addons… Continue Reading →
We have been hard at work with our heads down lately and felt that we needed to change that. From time to time, we’re going to spend some time putting a post together that talks about each of our products… Continue Reading →
On April 21st, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in Site Kit by Google, a WordPress plugin installed on over 300,000 sites. This flaw allows any authenticated user, regardless of capability, to become a Google Search Console owner for… Continue Reading →
New WordPress plugin and theme vulnerabilities were disclosed during the first half of May, so we want to keep you aware. In this post, we cover recent WordPress plugin, theme and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you are… Continue Reading →
Starting April 28th, we saw a 30 times increase in cross site scripting attack volume, originating from a single attacker, and targeting over a million WordPress sites. We published research detailing the threat actor and attack volume increase on May… Continue Reading →
These monthly reports are provided for the WordPress community at large from Pagely’s head of security, Robert Rowley. Rowley and the entire security team keep their finger on the pulse […]
These monthly reports are provided for the WordPress community at large from Pagely’s head of security, Robert Rowley. Rowley and the entire security team keep their finger on the pulse […]
On Monday, May 4, 2020, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered two vulnerabilities present in Page Builder by SiteOrigin, a WordPress plugin actively installed on over 1,000,000 sites. Both of these flaws allow attackers to forge requests on behalf of… Continue Reading →
Today is World Password Day and we wanted to share some resources you can use to review your password security. World Password Day reminds us of the importance of having a solid password strategy for all your online accounts. These… Continue Reading →
On May 6, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team received reports of active exploitation of vulnerabilities in two related plugins, Elementor Pro and Ultimate Addons for Elementor. We have reviewed the log files of compromised sites to confirm this activity. As… Continue Reading →
This is a public service announcement (PSA) from the Wordfence team regarding a security issue which may impact some of our customers. On May 4, 2020, GoDaddy, one of the world’s largest website hosting providers, disclosed that the SSH credentials… Continue Reading →
Our Threat Intelligence Team has been tracking a sudden uptick in attacks targeting Cross-Site Scripting(XSS) vulnerabilities that began on April 28, 2020 and increased over the next few days to approximately 30 times the normal volume we see in our… Continue Reading →
WordPress Core version 5.4.1 has just been released. Since this release is marked as a combined security and bug fix update, we recommend updating as soon as possible. With that said, most of the security fixes themselves are for vulnerabilities… Continue Reading →
On April 27, 2020, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered a Cross-Site Request Forgery(CSRF) vulnerability in Ninja Forms, a WordPress plugin with over 1 million installations. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to trick an administrator into importing a contact… Continue Reading →
New WordPress plugin and theme vulnerabilities were disclosed during the second half of April, so we want to keep you aware. In this post, we cover recent WordPress plugin, theme and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you are… Continue Reading →
This article covers our public notifications related to major security issues our clients and the WordPress community should know about. We are always focused on prevention and the mitigation of […]
On March 16, 2020, LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin, a WordPress plugin with over 80,000 installations, patched a high-severity vulnerability that allowed subscriber-level users to elevate their permissions to those of an “LP Instructor”, a custom role with capabilities similar… Continue Reading →
On April 22, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in Real-Time Find and Replace, a WordPress plugin installed on over 100,000 sites. This flaw could allow any user to inject malicious Javascript anywhere on a site if they… Continue Reading →
On April 1, 2020, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team discovered two vulnerabilities in MapPress Maps for WordPress, a WordPress plugin with over 80,000 installations. One vulnerability that allowed stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) was present in both the free and pro… Continue Reading →
On March 12, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Widget Settings Importer/Exporter, a WordPress plugin with over 40,000 installations. This flaw allowed an authenticated attacker with minimal, subscriber-level permissions to import and activate… Continue Reading →
New WordPress plugin and theme vulnerabilities were disclosed during the first half of April, so we want to keep you aware. In this post, we cover recent WordPress plugin, theme and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you are… Continue Reading →
WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system (CMS). Today, WordPress powers over 35% of all websites online. With such a great number of website installations, WordPress is the most targeted CMS by hackers. Article Quick Links: WordPress SpamBackdoorsWP-VCD… Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in Accordion, a WordPress plugin installed on over 30,000 sites. This flaw allowed any authenticated user with subscriber-level and above permissions the ability to import a new accordion and… Continue Reading →
On March 3, 2020, our Threat intelligence team discovered a number of vulnerabilities in WP Lead Plus X, a WordPress plugin with over 70,000 installations designed to allow site owners to create landing and squeeze pages on their sites. These… Continue Reading →
These monthly reports are provided for the WordPress community at large from Pagely’s head of security, Robert Rowley. Rowley and the entire security team keep their finger on the pulse […]
On April 1, 2020, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered a stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Contact Form 7 Datepicker, a WordPress plugin installed on over 100,000 sites. As the plugin developer’s github page indicated that the plugin… Continue Reading →
One of the greatest things about WordPress is the open source community behind it. Thanks to the multitude of plugins and themes available, even the most basic of users can […]
WordPress Security and Maintenance Releases: 5.2.4, 5.3.1, and 5.3.2 Pagely customers were spared issues from bugs introduced in the 5.3.0 release as, due to the proximity to the holidays, we […]
