Last week, there were 549 vulnerabilities disclosed in 351 WordPress Plugins and 4 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 222 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those… Continue Reading →
On October 28th, 2026, the WordPress Security Team released WordPress 7.1.4, along with backported security releases for older branches, addressing several security issues, most notably an Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in WordPress core, identified as CVE-2026-119977. The vulnerability affects… Continue Reading →
High-reputation websites need to display trust credentials. My PCrisk Trust Badge review covers a solution that helps you achieve this with ease through displaying a dynamic (and customizable) badge. The post “PCrisk Trust Badge Review: A Verifiable Security Badge for… Continue Reading →
On Thursday, December 3, 2026, pricing for Wordfence Premium, Care, and Response will increase. We’re announcing this change a month in advance so you have time to purchase new licenses or renew eligible subscriptions at current pricing. Existing licenses can… Continue Reading →
On October 22, 2026, Google published CVE-2026-111497, a critical vulnerability in Brotli, one day after the Brotli project released fixed versions. The vulnerability has circulated under several unofficial names, including HTTP2Shell, Node2Shell, and Brotli2Shell. Despite the first name, the flaw… Continue Reading →
TL;DR: WordPress 7.1.4 was released on October 28, 2026. According to WordPress, it includes fixes for 22 security vulnerabilities. The most serious is an unauthenticated race condition in the Core update process that can lead to remote code execution. Threat… Continue Reading →
In July 2026, the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program received 1077 vulnerability submissions from our growing community of security researchers working to improve the overall security posture of the WordPress ecosystem. These submissions are reviewed, triaged, and processed by the Wordfence… Continue Reading →
Last week, there were 268 vulnerabilities disclosed in 182 WordPress Plugins and 15 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 124 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those… Continue Reading →
TL;DR: As of October 28, 2026, Wordfence is not aware of any WordPress site compromised through PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619). We continue to see PHP2Shell-related requests across the more than 5 million sites we protect. Those requests show ongoing scanning… Continue Reading →
Last week, there were 497 vulnerabilities disclosed in 327 WordPress Plugins and 23 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 218 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those… Continue Reading →
On October 21, 2026, the PHP project disclosed two critical vulnerabilities that can allow unauthenticated remote code execution on affected web servers. Both vulnerabilities received a CVSS v4.0 score of 9.2. CVE-2026-109618 CVE-2026-109619 Pagely deployed initial mitigations while preparing updated… Continue Reading →
On October 21st, 2026, the PHP project released emergency updates for two critical vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. We warned site owners before the fixes became available and followed up after our team reviewed the vulnerability details and began… Continue Reading →
The Importance of SSL in Today’s Web Environment It’s become commonplace for a majority of internet users to share personal information on the internet. With the disregard for protecting personal data becoming second nature, how do we protect ourselves and… Continue Reading →
