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Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (November 11, 2024 to November 17, 2024)

Calling all superheroes and hunters! Introducing the End of Year Holiday Extravaganza and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through December 9th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with >= 1,000 active installations are in-scope for ALL researchers All plugins and themes with 50-999 active installs hosted in the WordPress.org... Read More
 

Simple Include Statement Hides Casino Spam

Just as there are countless types of websites on the internet, there are just as many attackers seeking to exploit them. These attackers develop malicious code that continuously evolves, constantly finding new ways to harm their next target. Sometimes, threat actors rely on heavy obfuscation to conceal their malicious code, while others use stealthier methods... Read More
 

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (November 4, 2024 to November 10, 2024)

Calling all superheroes and hunters! Introducing the End of Year Holiday Extravaganza and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through December 9th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with >= 1,000 active installations are in-scope for ALL researchers All plugins and themes with 50-999 active installs hosted in the WordPress.org... Read More
 

4,000,000 WordPress Sites Using Really Simple Security Free and Pro Versions Affected by Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Introductory Note: This is one of the more serious vulnerabilities that we have reported on in our 12 year history as a security provider for WordPress. This vulnerability affects Really Simple Security, formerly known as Really Simple SSL, installed on over 4 million websites, and allows an attacker to remotely gain full administrative access to... Read More
 

PHP Reinfector and Backdoor Malware Target WordPress Sites

We recently observed a surge in WordPress websites being infected by a sophisticated PHP reinfector and backdoor malware. While we initially believed that the infection was linked to the wpcode plugin, we found that several sites without this plugin were compromised as well. Upon deeper investigation, we discovered that this malware not only reinfects website... Read More
 

Wrap Up the Year with the Biggest Scope and Rewards Yet: Join the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program End of Year Holiday Extravaganza!

The holidays are here, and so is your chance to earn big while helping secure the WordPress ecosystem! For all submissions to our Bug Bounty Program from November 12, 2024, to December 9, 2024, we’re rolling out our End of Year Holiday Extravaganza promotion to give back to our security researchers and help clean up... Read More
 

WordPress Database Scanning For Malware Released in Wordfence CLI 5.0.1

Today we’re excited to announce the recent release of Wordfence CLI version 5.0.1 which includes a much requested feature from security analysts, hosting providers and ops teams: Database scanning for WordPress. Now you can scan any WordPress database you have access to for malware and spamvertising with the new Wordfence CLI db-scan feature. If you... Read More
 

Malware Steals Account Credentials

It’s common for malware to target e-commerce sites, and these attackers are usually seeking to steal credit card details. In most cases, they will insert scripts that extract data from the checkout forms to siphon fields like the cardholder name, card number and expiration date. Once they have that information, their job is done and... Read More
 

28,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Read and Deletion Vulnerability in WPLMS WordPress Theme

🦸 👻 Calling all superheroes and haunters! Introducing the Cybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through November 11th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with >= 1,000 active installations are in-scope for ALL researchers Top-tier researchers earn automatic bonuses of between 10% to 120%... Read More
 
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